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Key draft planning documents for ProSavana from 2012
- Oriental Consultants
- 27 November 2012
These documents from 2012 include the "Triangular Work Plan" and reports for the "Agricultural Development Master Plan"
National Family Farm Coalition launches site for monitoring US farmland grabs
- NFFC
- 27 November 2012
The National Family Farm Coalition is excited to announce the launch of its new Land Monitor site, an online hub for documenting on-the-ground stories of farmland grabs in the US.
PPF reveals farmland and timberland fund managers
- Professional Pensions
- 26 November 2012
The proportion of PPF's £12bn portfolio of assets allocated to farm and timberland will vary over time and depend on the opportunities available now and in the future.
Proceedings of the 2012 Agricultural Conference of South Sudan
- USAID
- 26 November 2012
Includes presentations on large-scale farmland investment in Sudan by public and private sector representatives.
Phatisa’s SME fund backs West End Farms
- Private Equity Africa
- 26 November 2012
Phatisa’s small-cap vehicle, the African Agriculture Fund (AAF) small and medium sized enterprise (SME) fund has sealed its first investment, backing Cameroon-based West End Farms.
Blackstone, China firm shortlisted for $1.5 billion Ingham Chicken deal: sources
- Reuters
- 23 November 2012
Blackstone Group LP and China agribusiness company New Hope Group are through to the final round of bidding for Australia's largest poultry producer Inghams Enterprises, a deal that could be worth as much as A$1.4 billion
$210m investment to support rice, barley growth
- Daily Monitor
- 23 November 2012
Part of the $210 million that the Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund and the Carlyle Group will invest in the Export Trading Group will be invested in Mbeya rice farms In Tanzania, where the group would cultivate rice and barley.
Black Earth lauds Russian open wheat-export policy
- Agrimoney
- 23 November 2012
Black Earth Farming lauded the Russian government's decision to keep grain export markets open, despite a poor national harvest, crediting it for helping the group achieve its best quarterly results as a listed company.
Govt to set up NZ$6 mln dairy farm in Burma, PM Key says
- interest.co.nz
- 22 November 2012
The New Zealand government will set up a NZ$6 million model dairy farm in Burma/Myanmar, Prime Minister John Key says.
CIFG, Kenana launch giant agricultural investment fund at regional level
- Sudan Vision
- 22 November 2012
Kenana Sugar Company announces the launch of MAHASEEL Agricultural Investment Fund, an agricultural investment fund with estimated $1 billion in collaboration with CIFG an international financial group, a subsidiary of France's Groupe Caisse d'Épargne.
The newly endorsed Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition
- PAN AP
- 22 November 2012
You might be interested to look at the Global Strategic Framework (GSF) which was endorsed by the FAO Committee on Food Security 39th Session in October.
Ukraine extends ban on farmland sales by three years to 2016
- Bloomberg
- 21 November 2012
Ukraine’s parliament extended a ban on sales of farmland by three years to January 2016, giving time to prepare related legislation.