UK

Jaguar scheme opts for forestry and farmland
- Pensions Expert
- 04 November 2018
According to its latest investment report, the Jaguar Pension Plan placed $16.5m in an agriculture fund managed by Boston-based Folium Capital
Rise of the 'megafarms': how UK agriculture is being sold off and consolidated
- MENAFN
- 05 October 2018
Across the UK, farm land is now seen as a safe shelter for wealth – recommended by estate agents as a 'tax-efficient' investment, contributing to the current trend of consolidation and rising farmland prices
AgDevCo welcomes new funding from the British government
- PRNewswire
- 31 August 2018
As announced as part of Prime Minister Theresa May's visit to Africa, the Department for International Development will provide a further £55m to support AgDevCo's mission to create jobs, improve food security and boost prosperity in Africa.
Senegal : Une « opération-pilote » du Pdidas sur le terrain
- Le Soleil
- 11 July 2018
L’opération pilote sur 200 ha est un champ d’apprentissage pour le Pdidas, financé par la Banque mondiale
À Gnith, l’opération pilote du PDIDAS, suscite des espoirs (vidéo)
- NDAR Infos
- 05 July 2018
Une mission d’appui de la Banque mondiale et des membres du comité de pilotage du Projet pour le développement inclusif et durable de l'agrobusiness au Sénégal (PDIDAS) ont visité une opération pilote déroulée dans la Commune de GNITH.
UK tops list of foreign investors in Australian agricultural land
- Grain Central
- 02 July 2018
The UK remains the largest foreign owner of Australian farmland, followed by China and the US, according to the Foreign Investment Review Board 2016–17 Annual Report.
Is Nordsudtimber getting into the palm oil business?
- Global Witness
- 26 June 2018
A new report by Global Witness indicates that Feronia Inc destroyed secondary forest during its replanting programme in the DR Congo, on lands that are part of a Norsudtimber forestry concession.
Les nouvelles forces de gardiennage de Feronia harcellent les communautes locales en RDC
- RIAO-RDC
- 13 June 2018
Les populations de Lokutu ont vigoureusement protestées contre les récents cas d’abus commis par la nouvelle société de gardiennage armée de FERONIA.
Who owns Australia’s farms? Nation’s biggest landholders of 2018
- Weekly Times
- 23 May 2018
The Weekly Times has compiled a list of more than 900 properties, and their owners, who range from family farms to domestic and international corporate and investment institutions. The result? The big are getting bigger.
Nicoletti farming business hits the market
- The Land
- 16 May 2018
“I’ve got strong interest from Canada, the United Kingdom and Dubai and they want to come out now and have a look around," says the owner of the largest semi-contiguous cropping aggregation to be offered in Australia’s history.
Terra Firma seeks premium for "Project Ribeye" Australian farm sale
- Reuters
- 15 May 2018
The hefty mark-up for the 5.5 million ha property could leave foreign bidders in the box seat, testing the government's appetite for foreign ownership less than two years after it rejected China-led bids for an energy grid and agricultural company. energy grid and agricultural company.
Have $1 billion to invest? Buy agricultural land is Lord Andrew Hay’s advice
- Economic Times
- 04 May 2018
The wishlist of the global head of residential division, Knight Frank, like many of today’s high-networth individuals, involves investing in agricultural land.