Kaapattu maa
- Kepa
- 19 November 2012
Report in Finnish on the global landgrab, published by Kepa
On October 9th 2012, the Finnish solidary network Kepa held a discussion on the effects of large-scale land investments or "land grabs" in the Global South.
The overall objective of this report is to identify potential interventions to enhance the capacity of newly created private equity funds in agriculture and/or agribusiness in Africa, especially the stimulation of technical assistance to agricultural value chains.
In August 2011, Phatisa concluded its first transaction to invest US$ 10 million alongside the Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation Limited (FINNFUND) and the Company’s Sponsors, in Goldtree a palm oil plantation and milling company in Sierra Leone, representing a total investment of US$ 20 million.
CDC, the UK’s development finance institution, today announced a US$20m investment in farming businesses in Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Uganda
Increasing industrial production of oil palm in sub-Saharan African countries, carried out by foreign corporations, is destroying the livelihoods of thousands of Africans and the biodiversity of ecosystems.
Four months before South Sudan becomes an independant nation nine percent of the country has been targeted by investors, a Norwegian People's Aid report reveals.
Agreement covers 82,500 acres of land for palm oil production.
Report on the growing popularity of farmland investment in the developing world for European pension funds
Les Finlandais ont demandé à Dmitri Medvedev, par le biais de leur présidente Tarja Halonen, de leur permettre d'acheter des terrains dans les zones frontalières russes.
Down on the farm, Saudi Arabia has a $9.8bn hole to fill
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Iran to expand overseas farming to 2mln hectares by 2029
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Avon Pension Fund to invest a further £150m in natural capital
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Carbon Assets unveils $144m Jigawa wetland project
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