There has been a marked change in Saskatchewan farmland ownership over the past two decades, according to a new study. Investment funds, pension plans and megafarms own an increasing amount of Saskatchewan dirt.
California-based Finistere Ventures is in Australia speaking to potential backers after its first close of a new $US150 million venture capital fund. The Finistere II Agtech (agricultural technology) Fund has secured the backing of German giant Bayer CropScience, as well as Canadian investment firm AVAC.
Zimbabwe's Parliament has ordered Arda board chairman Basil Nyabadza to clarify the status of the land at the centre of an ownership wrangle between Green Fuel and the Chisumbanje community.
Farmers in Saskatchewan are worried that outside investors are artificially inflating land prices and keeping regular farmers from expanding their operations
Les associations d’éleveurs du Niger regroupées au sein du Réseau des Chambres d’Agriculture du Niger ont lancé une campagne « Sauvons les terres pastorales »
Pousser à des changements de législations sur le foncier mais aussi obtenir la privatisation des semences. C’est l’objectif des multinationales qui cherche plutôt à faire du profit.
he governor Abdul Rahman Al Khidir has meanwhile stressed when he received the UAE investors of Al Mohair Group, specialized in agricultural production in West Omdurman, that the state is ready to provide all necessary assistance so that the production reach its peak.
"We are not closing the book on farmlands, but for the time being we are focusing on other layers of the chain," says vice president for business development at Hassad Food.
Le fonds d'investissement Pangéa fait de nouvelles acquisitions au Kamouraska, au Québec.
Depuis 2009, les villageois mènent un bras de fer avec le patron de GDCM autour de l’accaparement des terres de culture à l’Office du Niger au Mali.
La présence de sociétés étrangères dans l’agriculture ukrainienne croît rapidement, avec plus de 1,6 millions d’hectares d’exploitations agricoles passés récemment aux mains de sociétés étrangères.
Tunisia is interested in partnering up with Brazil for agribusiness, according to the CEO of the Arab country’s Agency for Agricultural Investment Promotion.