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CPC buys Bunda for $15m
- Financial Review
- 01 December 2014
The $700 million fund, owned by London based Terra Firma, controls 19 properties across Australia's top end covering more than 5.6 million hectares.
Mauritania secures $34m agric loan from Riyadh
- APA
- 01 December 2014
The loan will be used to develop 3,500 hectares of land in the eastern basin of the Rkiz plain (300 km south of Nouakchott), develop another 2,200 hectares and rehabilitate 1,000 hectares in the western basin of the same plain.
Consultants endorse land banks for GCAP
- GhanaWeb
- 29 November 2014
The Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project (GCAP) commissioned a study on the creation of land banks in Ghana to facilitate the acquisition of land for commercial agricultural investment.
Brazil's 'extensive research' in farming can be of help to Qatar
- Gulf Times
- 28 November 2014
A senior official of the Brazilian embassy in Doha says Qatar Investment Authority, specifically Hassad Foods, has expressed interest in acquiring land in Brazil.
Foreign "land grabs" redraw global map of farmland ownership
- Reuters
- 28 November 2014
A handful of wealthy countries are responsible for most international farmland acquisitions - what some critics term "land grabs" - in a trend that is redrawing the global map of land ownership.
Agriculture: Sweet energy from sugar cane
- World Folio
- 27 November 2014
The mammoth Biocom sugarcane project is a prime example of the Angolan government’s multi-faceted plan to open up the country’s interior to economic activity and increase agricultural production.
Legitimization crisis: Laws, policies and decrees as tools for Maasai land appropriation
- Intercontinental Cry
- 27 November 2014
The grazing lands of the Maasai community in East Africa are being viewed as the next frontier for land grabbing.
Kenya: Police aid in Lamu land grabbing, says lobby
- The Star
- 27 November 2014
Locals say land grabbing is on the rise because of the Lamu Port South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport corridor.
Dexion teams with Brown & Co in farmland venture
- FIN Alternatives
- 26 November 2014
Agricultural Asset Management, which aims to make farmland as an asset class more accessible, will invest in farmland in the U.S., UK, and Central and Eastern Europe.
Congo invites Indian farmers to explore farming opportunities
- Business Standard
- 26 November 2014
Republic of Congo today invited Indian farmers and food processing sector to explore business opportunities there, saying it is ready to offer all "possible support" in this regard.
Huiyuan Juice eyes Australian farms
- China Daily
- 26 November 2014
China Huiyuan Juice Group Limited, the largest privately owned juice producer in China, plans to invest in the agricultural resources in Australia by acquiring one or two farms.
AgDevCo invests USD 2M in Malawian macadamia nut company
- PRNewswire
- 25 November 2014
AgDevCo and African Agricultural Capital Fund announce investments in a 518 ha Malawian macadamia farm.