UK

Zimbabwe: Rollex to engage more farmers
- Herald
- 28 September 2015
Rollex, an agriculture division of UK-based Lonrho, has more than 150 farmers under its contract scheme and also runs its own farms.
CDC Group response to report raises concerns about land grabs, inadequate consultations & compensation by Feronia & Unilever in DRC
- BHRRC
- 17 September 2015
"Without CDC’s investment Feronia would not have survived and 3500 people would have lost their jobs, as well as the access to the schools, hospitals and infrastructure that the company provides to workers and the community."
Connecting land grabs and land reform in Scotland and the African continent
- CommonSpace
- 01 September 2015
There are parallels between Scotland's battle for land reform and a global effort to regain land control.
Kingfisher locks in gains as funding hits triggers
- Pensions Expert
- 31 August 2015
Last year trustees added a global farmland fund managed by Insight Investment Management to the Kingfisher pension scheme.
Agriculture investing: growing fields of green
- unquote
- 20 August 2015
A substantial payout could be in store for private equity firms willing to take on the risk and plough capital into the farming business.
AP2, EAPF back $3bn TIAA-CREF global agriculture fund
- IPE
- 04 August 2015
Sweden’s AP2 and UK local authority funds are among the backers of a new $3bn global agriculture fund.
The ‘Brazil of Africa': How development institutions are financing land grabs in the DRC
- Africa is a Country
- 22 July 2015
A Canadian agribusiness company, Feronia — financed by American and European Development Institutions, is involved in land grabbing, corrupt practices and human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Paine & Partners acquires EU agricultural producer Spearhead
- Reuters
- 02 July 2015
US private equity firm Paine & Partners expanded its farm and agribusiness holdings on Wednesday with the acquisition of a leading European Union agricultural producer, Spearhead International Ltd, for an undisclosed amount.
Le plus grand terrain du monde est à vendre pour 290 millions d’euros
- Le Monde
- 24 June 2015
Une trentaine d'acheteurs venus de Chine, du Canada, des Etats-Unis, d'Amérique du Sud, d'Indonésie, de Suisse et d'Australie sont en compétition pour ces 11 millions d'hectares.
The biggest property sale on earth
- Daily Mail Australia
- 23 June 2015
One of the world's largest farms is up for sale in Australia, with bidders hailing from China, the US, Canada, the UK, Switzerland, South America and Indonesia
DFID Land Policy Bulletin
- DFID
- 21 June 2015
The UK government publishes the first issue of its Land Policy Bulletin, produced by its Land: Enhancing Governance for Economic Development (LEGEND) programme.
Aid donors’ flagship investment deal causing hardship and displacement for Tanzanian farmers
- Oakland Institue
- 18 June 2015
Norfund, the UK aid department, and Capricorn are funding the British company Agrica’s industrial rice plantation in Tanzania, which is destroying the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.