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Big, bigger, biggest
- Western Producer
- 11 May 2023
On the Canadian prairies, some worry about a future where two or three massive farms, or investors, control most of the land in a municipality.
Palm oil is not sustainable: defending the rights of communities in Cameroon
- shado mag
- 10 May 2023
In conversation with Emmanuel Elong on how agro-industrial plantations are affecting local communities’ life and reinforcing violent colonial domination
Rising melon exports create tensions over water in Brazil
- Diálogo Chino
- 10 May 2023
Big producers eye growth and China market, but must drill for water – to depths small farmers cannot reach.
Family builds $900 million Brazil farming empire after 935% gain
- Bloomberg
- 10 May 2023
The Logemanns’ SLC Agricola controls 1.7 million acres of planted land in Brazil and counts London hedge fund manager Crispin Odey as its biggest private shareholder.
DBJ becomes first Japanese investor to back Laguna Bay Fund 2
- GAI
- 10 May 2023
The Development Bank of Japan annonces investment in fund that will pursue a diversified portfolio of high-quality food and agriculture investments in targeted regions across Australia and New Zealand.
German doctors' pension fund sells stake in highly problematic land fund
- FIAN
- 10 May 2023
After ten years, the Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe (ÄVWL) has withdrawn from highly problematic land purchases in Brazil through is investments in TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture LLC.
TLG announces secondary sale of one of Uruguay's most iconic farmland properties
- GAI
- 08 May 2023
Comprising 9,000 hectares in the heart of Uruguay, the farm, which produces beef cattle, soybeans, rice, and timber, was sold to an undisclosed European family office
POSCO International looking to grow into top 10 global food giants
- Business Korea
- 05 May 2023
The Korean corporation aims to secure 850,000 ha of arable land and produce grain through joint ventures in major farming countries such as Australia, North America and South America.
Folium Capital launches Regenerative Natural Resources Fund, combining forest and agriculture assets with carbon optionality
- GAI
- 05 May 2023
Folium’s portfolio of sustainably managed forestry and ag assets are diversified across Australia, Brazil, Chile, Panama, Portugal, Spain, the U.S., and Uruguay.
Turning the desert green with rental equipment
- Caterpillar
- 04 May 2023
The Nubian Desert in north-eastern Sudan might not be anyone’s idea of promising farmland, but the Agriculture Investment Holding Company (Ethmar) Ltd, a joint venture between Royal Group of Abu Dhabi and DAL Group, Sudan’s biggest conglomerate, is investing $225m to change all that on over 105,000 hectares.
Indonesia legalizes illicit oil palm farms in program slammed as opaque
- Mongabay
- 04 May 2023
Illegal oil palm plantations spanning an area one and a half times the size of London have been amnestied under an Indonesian government program that critics say incentivizes corporations over small farmers.
Australian agricultural fund eyes biodiversity, carbon credits
- Carbon Pulse
- 04 May 2023
Kilter Rural launches a $333.7 mln agriculture fund that will buy and develop 21,000 hectares of farmland in Southeastern Australia, creating biodiversity and carbon credits in the process.