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German holding company farming in Zambia
- Deutsche Welle
- 16 January 2014
Amatheon, a company part owned by the German holding company Sapinda, grows wheat and soya beans on 30,000 ha that it has leased in Zambia.
CSO response to the CAO investigation into IFC investment in Corporación Dinant, Honduras
- 16 January 2014
International and Honduran CSOs condemn the response of the International Finance Corporation to the highly critical findings of the Compliance Adviser/Ombudsman regarding the IFC’s investment in Corporación Dinant in Honduras
No to greedy investors
- Tanzanian Daily News
- 16 January 2014
The Tanzanian government is not eager to parcel out too much land to transnational corporations, writes the Tanzania Daily News.
Swampy pool that has become a regional rice producer
- The People
- 15 January 2014
Dominion farm is one of the biggest agricultural activity in Siaya County and it is difficult to believe that the land it is sitting on was a few years back just a swamp.
When companies meet communities: Is this what friendly commercial farming looks like?
- Think Africa Press
- 15 January 2014
Some say the agribusiness Gadco's presence in eastern Ghana is the best thing that's ever happened in the region. Others fear that there are accidents waiting to happen.
Cambodian farmers say EU politics forces land grabs
- Deutsche Welle
- 15 January 2014
Farmers in Cambodia say a European free trade initiative set up to boost the Cambodian economy has instead forced them off their land.
Mozambican farmers rap Japan's ODA project for agriculture
- Kyodo
- 14 January 2014
Farmers and civic groups in Mozambique urged Japan during Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's trip to Africa to halt an agricultural program it is promoting in their country that they say could result in land grabbing.
Peak Water and Food Scarcity
- 14 January 2014
In the competition for water between farmers on the one hand and cities and industries on the other, the economics do not favor agriculture
Hain Celestial acquires Tilda rice business
- Just-Food
- 14 January 2014
US natural and organic food group Hain Celestial has acquired premium Basmati rice manufacturer Tilda Ltd, which operates an 1,100 ha rice plantation in Uganda.
Land rush on Brazil’s frontier
- Euromoney
- 14 January 2014
Transport costs have made the country’s agriculture industry uncompetitive. But new infrastructure projects should transform the opportunities some have seen in land values.
Farmland: Yield-starved investors go back to the land
- Euromoney
- 13 January 2014
This year could see a surge in interest in farmland from investors with very little experience in this complicated asset class, reports Euromoney
Danes turn to the great outdoors for stable returns
- aiCIO
- 13 January 2014
A poorly performing bonds environment has led AP Pension to set up its own special agricultural investment fund and buy its first farm.