Jordanian Agriculture Minister Akef Zu'bu discussed on Tuesday with Jordan's Ambassador to Sudan Ayed Dararjh the investment prospects for the 168,000 dunums allocated by the Sudanese government to Jordan.
Some 4,000 hectares of farmland in Lithuania sold to a German institutional investor and leased back for 18 years.
Villagers from Kampong Chhnang were met with violence and arrests as they embarked on a march to the capital to seek a resolution to a land dispute with politically-connected KDC International.
- Phnom Penh Post
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13 August 2014
US pension fund manager TIAA-CREF, under pressure to put cash to work after having raised $2bn for TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture, agreed to purchase 12,528 ha of farmland in Florida.
- Farmland Investor
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12 August 2014
Union of farmers and agriculture workers says the 2012 farmland law favours businessmen rather than small scale farmers
The IFC approved $70 million (Dh257.46 million) for Ficohsa in 2011 despite the bank’s risky operating environment and clients, including a palm oil company linked to multiple killings and drug trafficking.
President Armando Guebuza discusses corruption and landgrabs in this interview with Zeinab Badawi on BBC's HARDtalk.
Chiquita Brands International received an unsolicited offer on Monday from two Brazilian companies, including private equity fund and farmland owner Safra Group.
- New York Times
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11 August 2014
A US pension fund investor that flies under the radar has continued its spending spree on quality agricultural land in WA with the purchase of two farms in Grass Patch for about $9 million.
- West Australian
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11 August 2014
Parliamentarians of the SADC-Parliamentary Forum and the Pan-African Parliament debate on strategies to ensure that foreign investment in agriculture brings benefits to local populations
Land has been grabbed at a significant scale in almost all SADC countries and the agribusiness model is destroying peasant-family agriculture, which produces most of the food for SADC countries.
- Via Campesina
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08 August 2014
Earlier this week, the Overseas Investment Office said it did not know how much farmland was owned by foreigners. Yesterday it told Prime Minister Key it believed the amount is 1 to 2 per cent.