Romania

FirstFarms, controlled by Danish investors, has consolidated its position in the eastern part of Romania, where it owns silos with a capacity of 20,000 tonnes, by taking over lease contracts for 400 hectares.

This transaction is the second major agricultural investment in Romania by TC Capital, which is managed by Turkish businessmen Ali Capa and Ertugrul Karaevli.

Le collectif pour la défense des terres de Ndiaël alerte sur sa détermination à aller jusqu’au bout pour que les terres octroyées à l’homme d’affaires roumaine (auparavant occupées par Senhuile) soient restituées aux communautés concernées.

A en croire des documents confidentiels obtenus par Senenews, l'homme d’affaire d’origine roumaine est à la recherche de bailleurs de fonds pour financer son gigantesque projet agricole au Sénégal.

Victims of an alleged 2007 land investment fraud scheme in Romania say they are going to the Office of the Prosecutor General with the case following the Police and Border Guard Board's decision not to launch a criminal investigation.

The Danish company's West Romania operations constitute 5 percent of FirstFarms’ total turnover and the company says it has not delivered satisfactory operating results the latest years.

Les agroholdings sont financées par des capitaux privés étrangers ou des fonds d’investissement. “Ils travaillent 1 000 ha comme un seul.”

Holde Agri Invest, a Romanian agricultural company operating farmland, has successfully closed a private placement offer for its shares, having raised RON 10 million from Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) investors

Sylvia Kay and Attila Szocs will discuss their research and activism on land grabbing, with a particular focus on Romania, and the implications for political struggles over land and territories.

Jusqu'à ce jour le torchon brûle entre les populations des 47 villages du Ndiael et les responsables de l'agroindustrie installée dans la zone

The Vermont Pension Investment Committee has invested $100 million in the Nuveen Global Farmland Fund, which aims to make farmland acquisitions averaging $20m across the US, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Poland, Romania and Chile.

Hungarian legislator Erik Bánki claims his farmland purchases in Romania were financed from loans from foreign and Hungarian companies but he does not remember the names of these companies.