AP Pension, the Danish labour-market pensions provider, has hit out at media reports that its chief executive quit in December because of pressure from the supervisory board to invest in the agricultural sector.
Denmark’s AP Pension is expanding its exposure to agricultural land in a proposed new deal to buy farmland in eastern Romania and lease it back to the Danish company operating farms on the land.
Indonesia's Agriculture Minister says his government will allocate two million hectares of land for cattle and maize and sugarcane plantations under the investment deal with Denmark.
FirstFarms unveiled plans to double its Eastern European farming area, potentially tapping into moves which could bring an "oversupply" of land for sale in Slovakia.
A substantial payout could be in store for private equity firms willing to take on the risk and plough capital into the farming business.
DanChurchAid, CARE Denmark and MS calls for more transparency of pension investments in African agriculture.
Danish pension fund explains its approach to farmland investment in this report.
AP Pension, the €16 billion Danish pension fund, has now invested €40 million into local farms representing half of its farmland allocation for the year.
De plus en plus de terres agricoles sont achetées par diverses entreprises n'ayant aucun lien avec l'agriculture. Une forme d'accaparement des terres qui inquiète.
Danish-based Trigon Agri downplayed the risk to agriculture from Ukraine's crisis, saying it would probably herald a "better business environment".
- Agrimoney
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28 February 2014
On January 22 a comprehensive database on land and resource governance programmes funded by members of the Global Donor Working Group on Land will be presented during the AGA in Paris.
- Donor Platform
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16 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.