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Afrika skal forgylde danske pensionister
- DR
- 15 November 2011
PensionDanmark har investeret over en halv milliard i afrikansk landsbrugsjord. Pensionsselsskabet forudser, at Afrika bliver den næste store vækstregion.
Signature d’un partenariat avec la BERD : Prêt de 10 M USD avec option d’entrée au capital
- TF1
- 15 November 2011
AgroGeneration annonce aujourd'hui la signature d'un partenariat avec la Banque Européenne pour la Reconstruction et le Développement.
Bangladesh: Government shopping for farm land
- IRIN
- 15 November 2011
Bangladesh officials are in preliminary talks with Ukraine for wheat production, considering Cambodia for rice and visiting parts of sub-Saharan Africa to explore similar ventures.
Massena Partners créé une holding d’investissement dans l’agriculture : Terra Magna Capital
- NextFinance
- 15 November 2011
Terra Magna Capital a sélectionné un portefeuille d’exploitations agricoles détenues en pleine propriété, situées en Amérique Latine (en Argentine, Brésil, Paraguay et Uruguay), d’une superficie totale de 70 500 hectares.
Investissements et régulation des transactions foncières de grande envergure en Afrique de l’Ouest
- ILC
- 14 November 2011
L’objectif de cette étude est de formuler des propositions qui servent de base au dialogue régional sur les mécanismes de régulation foncière face aux pressions commerciales sur les terres.
Réglementer la ruée vers les terres
- IPS
- 14 November 2011
L'adoption de directives internationales pour réglementer les soi-disant accaparements des terres a été repoussée à l'année prochaine après l’échec des négociateurs qui n'ont pas pu s'entendre sur les conditions pour les investissements fonciers à grande échelle, ainsi que leur application.
Lao-Indochina Group prepares for IPO
- Vientiane Times
- 14 November 2011
Lao Indochina Group, which grows cassava on about 7,700 hectares of land in three provinces in Laos, is mobilising investment funds to expand business.
"Grabbing of drylands is a serious concern"
- IPS
- 13 November 2011
Designated Drylands Ambassador for the UN's Convention for Combating Desertification says the concerns around land grabbing are valid and very serious.
Agriculture sector offers up opportunities and ethical issues
- Interactive Investor
- 13 November 2011
In addition to the potential ethical issues, many investors were disappointed by the returns from early farmland investments.
AAF statement regarding land policy in Africa
- Phatisa
- 12 November 2011
In August 2011, Phatisa concluded its first transaction to invest US$ 10 million alongside the Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation Limited (FINNFUND) and the Company’s Sponsors, in Goldtree a palm oil plantation and milling company in Sierra Leone, representing a total investment of US$ 20 million.
Conferencia Internacional Campesina: ¡Basta de acaparamiento de tierras!
- 11 November 2011
La conferencia tendrá lugar en Sélingué del 17 al 19 de noviembre de 2011, y reunirá a casi 200 campesinos/as afectados/as por acaparamiento de tierras
Anuradha Mittal at Moana Nui
- Vimeo
- 11 November 2011
Anuradha Mittal of Oakland Institute speaking on land grabs at Moana Nui, November 2011
This land is our land
- worldsocialism.org
- 11 November 2011
Corporate agriculture is not about food production or satisfying the needs of the undernourished or downright starving but about producing profit. How long can it be before its limits are reached?
OPIC approves $150 mln in financing for Egypt's Citadel
- Daily News Egypt
- 10 November 2011
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the US government’s development finance institution, approved Wednesday a $150 mln financial package that will go to Citadel Capital, a regional private equity firm that just completed its first wheat harvest in Sudan.
Battle over the Yala Swamp: Multimillion investment turns out to be a case of a deal gone sour
- Reject
- 10 November 2011
The Dominion Farms at Yala Swamp, Kenya has seen the local community turn against what they initially welcomed with open hands.