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Louis Dreyfus quits palm oil venture in Indonesia
- Reuters
- 24 July 2014
Global trader Louis Dreyfus Commodities has left a joint venture operating palm oil plantations across 50,000 ha in Indonesia after an investment review.
Global funds for African farmers
- Africa Report
- 22 July 2014
In making 2014 the 'Year of Agriculture' [sic!], the African Union has concentrated its focus on private-sector investment and public-private partnerships to drive the sector. Private equity financiers, funds and investors are answering the call.
Are Indian companies "grabbing land" in Ethiopia?
- Addis Standard
- 22 July 2014
India's Ambassador to Ethiopia Sanjay Verma says India's "pioneering" investors are not land grabbing, calls conflicts with local communities "teething problems".
Egyptian investor praises agricultural investment in Sudan
- Sudan Vision
- 22 July 2014
Former President of the Egyptian-Sudanese Business Council says Sudan's farmland is the best in the world and Egypt has the ability to establish large agricultural projects in Sudan.
Reclaiming Free Prior and Informed Consent in the context of global land grabs
- TNI
- 22 July 2014
Will FPIC ‘help’ or ‘hurt’ the cause of agrarian justice? The dilemmas and challenges of using FPIC are already surfacing and warrant closer attention.
Cash crops with dividends: Financiers transforming strawberries into securities
- New York Times
- 22 July 2014
A small but growing group of sophisticated investors and bankers are combining crops and the soil they grow in into an asset class that ordinary investors can buy a piece of.
Swenson calls for review of farmland sale to CPP
- Star Phoenix
- 22 July 2014
The $128-million deal that saw Canada Pension Plan acquire 46,500 hectares of Saskatchewan farmland was "wrong, both legally and morally," says Rick Swenson, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan.
A farmland investment primer by GMO
- Value Walk
- 21 July 2014
Farmland total returns tend to be uncorrelated with financial asset returns, offering genuine portfolio diversification for institutional investors.
Japan’s Nitori postpones construction of textile complex in Mozambique
- Macauhub
- 21 July 2014
Japanese company drops plans to establish a 4,000 ha cotton farm in Mozambique's Nampula Province, within the Nacala Corridor.
Serbian village raises complaint about UAE purchase of farmland
- The National
- 20 July 2014
Farmers in Kula, Serbia have made formal complaints about an Abu Dhabi company, Al Rawafed Agriculture, which is trying to acquire land.
More individuals are looking to invest in farmland and timberland
- WSJ
- 18 July 2014
Interest in land from high-net-worth investors is up at a time when stocks hover near record highs and bonds could be hurt by rising interest rates.
Liberia - communities join to fight the palm oil land grab
- The Ecologist
- 18 July 2014
Liberia's Jogbahn Clan is at the forefront of efforts to resist the grab of land and forests for palm oil plantations. But the country's President says they are only 'harrassing and extorting' international investors.