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New regulation to drive product innovation in fund management
- Reuters
- 01 April 2014
A new survey of 223 asset managers, pension plans and pension consultants with combined assets of $13.4 trillion shows investor interest in farmland
State-backed land grabs affect half million Cambodians – rights group
- Reuters
- 01 April 2014
LICADHO documents half a million Cambodians evicted or at risk of eviction since 2000 because of government land seizures and policies to lease swathes of land to well-connected companies.
£600 million UK aid money financing ‘corporate scramble for Africa’
- Economic Voice
- 01 April 2014
World Development Movement Report says G8's New Alliance will lead to increased land-grabbing, higher costs for small-scale farmers, and the prioritisation of crops for export.
Databank's fund targets agric projects across Africa
- GhanaWeb
- 01 April 2014
The Ghana-based fund already has investments in farms in Zimbabwe and Cameroon, a fertiliser plant in Madagascar, a beverage company in Zambia and a bakery in Nigeria.
USAID : Grading donors on land rights
- USAID
- 31 Mar 2014
US government reviews efforts to implement voluntary guidelines and go further in legitimising or building consensus around largescale farmland deals
World Bank accused of destroying traditional farming to support corporate land grabs
- Oakland Institue
- 31 Mar 2014
World Bank’s new country rankings system will prize deregulation of the agriculture sector and is expected to enable further land grabbing around the world.
Twynam's Gundaline sold to Southern Ag
- Financial Review
- 31 Mar 2014
Southern Agricultural Resources Limited – a fund backed by overseas investors – has purchased Twynam Group's Gundaline Station in Australia's NSW Riverina for about $25 million.
Nigeria: Edo govt acquires 410,000 hectares for private agricultural investments
- NAN
- 31 Mar 2014
Edo State Government says 60,000 ha acquired for oil palm by instant noodle maker United Food Industries Ltd of Indonesia's Salim Group.
China looks abroad for greener pastures
- LA Times
- 29 Mar 2014
With 1.3 billion people to feed in a nation grappling with tainted food and polluted land, Chinese companies are investing in farmland overseas.
Sweden's Agrokultura sees net loss grow 160% in 2013
- Interfax
- 28 Mar 2014
The company, which changed its name from Alpcot Agro, is considering selling its farms in Ukraine.
Conflict in Indonesia’s Papua region
- IRIN
- 28 Mar 2014
The clearing of forests inhabited by indigenous people in Indonesia's Papua Region by agribusinesses is fuelling conflict in the southern Merauke Regency.
Should you invest in farmland?
- Wall Street Journal
- 28 Mar 2014
Wealthy investors can diversify beyond stocks and bonds by owning cornfields. John Taylor of U.S. Trust says farmland produces capital gains as well as income.