For private equity houses, pension funds and family offices, the sprawling farms of sub Saharan Africa are the new land of plenty.
Phoenix Africa CEO Paddy Docherty interviewed by the FT This is Africa, about frontier investing in Africa.
- African Business Central
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13 June 2014
Le chef de l’État malgache défend sa politique de mettre sur table les terres exploitables pour attirer les investisseurs.
- Express de Madagascar
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13 June 2014
To end extreme poverty, support smallholder farmers -- not multinational agribusinesses
UK pensions funds and asset management companies potentially have up to £37 billion invested in ‘land grabs’ worldwide, according to a report published by Friends of the Earth.
- Blue & Green
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12 June 2014
À la veille des premières récoltes de l'huile de palme du partenariat entre le gouvernement gabonais et le géant singapourien Olam, le projet fait débat au Gabon.
Byron Browne, Member of Parliament from Grand Bassa County, Liberia, has lambasted the government for protecting investors rather than the rights of its own people.
Vietnamese businessmen, who have earned high profits with their finance and real estate investment deals, are now rushing to pour money into agriculture projects.
18 millions d’hectares de terre arable ont été étalés sur la table des Israéliens lors de la visite en Israël du président malgache Hery Rajaonarimampianina
AgroGeneration, l'un des cinq premiers opérateurs agricoles en Ukraine, annonce la vente de sa société d'exploitation AgerAustral en Argentine.
- Boursier.com
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11 June 2014
A US government agency, a World Bank Group member and a private equity fund plan to help half a million small-scale farmers boost yields and improve food security in sub-Saharan Africa.
UBS Global Asset Management has established an Australia and New Zealand farmland investment advisory service to meet the growing institutional demand for assets, particularly from Asia.
- Financial Standard
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10 June 2014