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Invest in food on climate change risk: Baring
- Reuters
- 30 November 2012
Taking tracts of agricultural land is among ways to play the risks of climate change says Baring Asset Management's chief investment officer, Marino Valensise.
Kenana to invest US$ 2 bn in five years
- ANBA
- 30 November 2012
Kenana Sugar Company is the head of the spear of the Sudanese project for agricultural development. While governments and Arab companies discuss strategies for the sector, the organisation plans to invest US$ 2 billion over the next five years in several expansion projects.
Western Autralia Government not privy to Chinese farm deal
- AAP
- 30 November 2012
WA Australian Agriculture Minister Terry Redman can't shed light on reports a Chinese agricultural giant could buy up to $4 billion worth of prime farmland after snapping up some 30,000 hectares in the past month.
Brazilian agribusiness invades Africa
- Brasil de Fato
- 30 November 2012
A Brazilian megaproject in Mozambique is set to displace millions of peasants
Trigon swaps land, cuts exposure to Russia drought
- Agrimoney
- 28 November 2012
The Black Sea farm operator revealed it had "expanded" the deal to swap land holdings after a collapse of nearly 50% in its Russian crop production.
Investors to acquire limited land
- Daily News
- 28 November 2012
The Tanzanian government has agreed to put a ceiling with regard to what size of land a single large scale investor can be allocated for agriculture.
Move to block foreign land sales
- Herald Sun
- 28 November 2012
A campaign to block foreign ownership of Australian farmland until a national interest test has been conducted has received the backing of the Australian Greens and some Independents.
EBRD invests in Ukrainian sugar beet sector
- EBRD
- 28 November 2012
The proceeds of the investment will be used to install sugar beet processing equipment and to further develop sugar beet growing operations in the region, through a joint venture with Continental Farming Group.
Olam dismisses Muddy Waters report findings
- Olam
- 28 November 2012
Olam's rebuttal provides new information on its rice farming operations in Nigeria, including its cooperation with the Africa Rice Centre of the CGIAR.
PPF broadens its investment horizons
- aiCIO
- 28 November 2012
Farmland and timberland are now separate asset classes, the UK's Pension Protection Fund has asserted in its revised investment principles.
Brazilian farmland prices nearly quadruple in last decade-study
- Reuters
- 28 November 2012
Investment and pension funds are buying up Brazilian farmland and steadily pushing up the prices of Brazil's productive tropical farmland.
Law of the land: Land grabs threaten local livelihoods in Uganda
- Think Africa Press
- 28 November 2012
In large-scale land acquisitions, local communities are often insufficiently compensated, under-consulted, and left with their livelihoods threatened.