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Brazilian farmland prices nearly quadruple in last decade-study
- Reuters
- 28 November 2012
Investment and pension funds are buying up Brazilian farmland and steadily pushing up the prices of Brazil's productive tropical farmland.
Law of the land: Land grabs threaten local livelihoods in Uganda
- Think Africa Press
- 28 November 2012
In large-scale land acquisitions, local communities are often insufficiently compensated, under-consulted, and left with their livelihoods threatened.
Ouverture Agribusiness Forum 2012 : « Activista » a manifesté contre l’accaparement des terres
- Rewmi
- 27 November 2012
Des jeunes activistes ont pris hier d’assaut le «King Fahd Palace» pour dénoncer l’accaparement des terres à l’ occasion de l’ouverture de « l’agribusiness forum 2012 ».
Port-la-Nouvelle. L'usine d'huile de palme ne se fera pas
- La Depeche
- 27 November 2012
«Sime Darby s'est replié sur Rotterdam. Le projet d'une usine de transformation d'huile de palme a été abandonné sur Port-la-Nouvelle», annonce Henry Garino, le conseiller régional carcassonnais.
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.
Recul pour Sime Darby, avancée pour la santé et l’environnement
- No Palme
- 27 November 2012
Le collectif NOPALME vient d’apprendre l’abandon du projet de raffinerie d’huile de palme sur Port la Nouvelle.
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.
Au Mali, la lutte contre l’accaparement des terres
- Ouest France
- 26 November 2012
« On a commencé à octroyer un millier d’hectares à des Chinois au prétexte d’une expérimentation de semences et de machines, indique Faliry Boly. Mille hectares pour des semences, on trouvait cela farfelu. »
L’accaparement des terres n’est pas l’objectif de l’agrobusiness (ministre)
- APA
- 26 November 2012
L’agrobusiness ne vise pas à s’accaparer des terres, contrairement à ce que beaucoup d’organisations paysannes font croire, a indiqué Abdoulaye Baldé, ministre sénégalais de l’Agriculture
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.
Afrique : l’accaparement des terres s’intensifie
- RFI
- 25 November 2012
Emmission de Radio France Internationale avec Mathieu Boche, Antoine Bouhey, Ibrahima Coulibaly et Zakaria Sambakhé
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.