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Les terres agricoles : un secteur qui se tient dans la crise
- Money Week
- 13 October 2009
"Le pari (des financiers), au départ, était un peu le même que celui du private equity dans le monde industriel : dénicher un gisement de croissance largement sous-exploité ; le faire fructifier à l'aide d'investissements considérables et un suivi attentif ; obtenir en peu de temps des rendements sans égal – on espérait jusqu'à 400% sur les friches africaines ; décrocher la timbale, non sans redistribuer un peu et rembourser les emprunts."
Foreigners own more US farmland
- Delta Farm Press
- 09 October 2009
Foreigners have an interest (partial or total ownership) in 1.6 percent of all privately held US agricultural land, a 1.4 million acre increase from 2007.
This asset is like gold, only better
- Stockhouse
- 04 October 2009
Almost half the farmland bought in Britain last year was snapped up by banks and funds.
Mozambique : Terms of authorization of project "Emvest Limpopo Project (Matuba Farm)"
- The Oakland Institute
- 16 September 2009
Provisional authorization for land exploitation (1 000 ha) in the Gaza province and Terms of authorization of project "Emvest Limpopo Project (Matuba Farm)"
Ukraine's agricultural revolution
- BBC
- 24 August 2009
"The reasons [Ukrainians] choose to lease [Landkom] their land has nothing to do with money - it is an emotional desire to see their region go forward, that's all," says Paul Spinks.
Farm swap
- BBC
- 24 June 2009
Farming overseas is a global trend. So to find out more about this phenomenon, Mike Gallagher meets Andrew Hunter - a British farmer working vast landholdings in Hungary and Serbia.
Malawian villagers lose land to sugar plantation
- Farm Radio Weekly
- 18 June 2009
Farm Radio International writer Gladson Makowa, visited a Malawian community where small-scale farmland was transformed into a sugarcane plantation. He reports on how locals are coping with the loss of farmland and hoping to keep their houses.
Slater aims to raise $15m for agriculture company
- Dow Jones
- 26 May 2009
Slater reckons shortages of soft commodities and the likelihood of rising inflation make farmland an excellent investment, not least in Brazil where Agrifirma is located.
Japan to promote farm investment overseas for food security
- Bloomberg
- 27 April 2009
Japan is considering providing loans from a government-owned bank for companies to purchase and lease farmland abroad, Munemitsu Hirano, counsellor at the international affairs department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, said.
Cowboys of Kurdistan
- The Kurdish Globe
- 14 Mar 2009
Foreign investors have been given licenses to run cow farms across Kurdistan Region.
Agrifirma scraps hedge fund-style fees
- Financial Times
- 09 Mar 2009
Agrifirma Brazil, a farm fund backed by Lord Rothschild and Jim Slater, the former corporate raider, is scrapping its hedge fund-style fees to make it easier to attract investors. Agrifirma owns more than 100,000 acres of Brazilian farmland.
Arabs buying Australian farms
- Farming UK
- 09 Mar 2009
Could the Middle East become a significant new source of offshore investment in Australia’s extensive northern cattle industry?