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Nouvel épisode à rebondissement pour Charles Beigbeder. L'homme d'affaires a annoncé, vendredi 3 mai, qu'il associait ses fermes en Ukraine à celles de son concurrent Harmelia, contrôlé par un fonds américain, le texan SigmaBleyzer.

The briefing suggests a series of questions for asset owners to pose when considering a land investment either directly or via a shareholding to enable them to make an informed risk assessment.

Capital Alternatives, which offers investments ranging from holdings in African agriculture to pop memorabilia, claims it can generate returns of more than 20% over five years on West Australian wheat farms.

Soldiers and police illegally evict farmers who have been recovering lands illegally occupied by a subsidiary of SABMiller.

UK farm management company Velcourt Group said it’s planning to invest in farmland in Romania in a joint venture with Mintridge International.

Britain's biggest farm management company is branching out into agricultural investment in Romania, believing eastern Europe offers far more fertile opportunities than those at home.

The UK's Environmental Agency Pension Fund is still seeking a manager for a £245m ‘real asset' mandate, set to include £65m in forestry and farmland.

Rural land produced some of the best investment returns in Europe since the financial crisis began five years ago, appreciating by 51 percent across England

Describing itself as a consultant and “master distributor” of products designed “to bring working capital to a variety of projects” – including upgrading farmland overseas and forestry –Intelligent Partnership published a 76 page report on the alternatives sector this week.

Report prepared for DFID considers the impacts of large-scale land acquisitions on local food insecurity and malnutrition levels.

A recent briefing note by Traidcraft discusses the threats posed by current regulation of foreign investment in land highlighting that food security and other human rights concerns often come at the cost of excessive protection of foreign investors’ rights.

Des paysans éthiopiens, chassés de leurs terres au profit de grands projets agricoles, attaquent en justice la Coopération au développement britannique.