Swedish pension buffer fund AP2 and US pension fund manager TIAA-CREF have formed a joint venture to invest at least US$500 million in farmland in the US, Australia and Brazil.
- Global Pensions
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25 May 2011
Publication from Church of Sweden, Swedish Cooperative Center and Forum Syd aims to contribute to a renewed discussion about how the world’s food supply, trade in food and different agricultural strategies are linked to world hunger.
- Svenska kyrkan
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11 January 2011
Black Earth Farming a Swedish firm which controls more than 300,000 hectares of Russian farmland, has reported yields of some crops down by more than a half thanks to Russia's "scorching" heat
Analysts and farming executives say the crisis is likely to accelerate the consolidation of Russian agriculture already under way, allowing big conglomerates to swoop on struggling small farmers.
- Financial Times
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06 August 2010
Report on the growing popularity of farmland investment in the developing world for European pension funds
- IPE Magazine
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01 July 2010
Ingleby Agricultura, controlled by the Rausing family, paid EUR 8.2mn for purchasing 2,000ha of arable land in Western Romania from Danish company FirstFarms
- UkrAgroConsult
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08 Mar 2010
Swedish Count Carl Gustav Wachmeister bought 3,310 ha in Victoria State, Australia
- The Standard
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28 January 2010
This paper examines two failed land acquisition processes for food and biofuels production in Africa (SEKAB-Tanzania and Daewoo-Madagascar) with the aim to establishing more equitable governance strategies.
- Earth System Governance
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02 December 2009
Black Earth Farming Ltd., which controls an area of Russian farmland four times the size of New York City, plans to start exporting grain and begin forward sales with traders and fertilizer suppliers.
- Bloomberg
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22 October 2009
Swedish company Black Earth Farming (BEF) since 2006 has bought 300,000 hectares (740,000 acres) of Russian farmland after the government finally allowed land to be privatised after decades of state ownership.
The people who have agreed to give out their land for free to SEKAB have been mislead by unrealistic promises
- Riches of the Poor
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20 May 2009
Foreign investors have been given licenses to run cow farms across Kurdistan Region.
- The Kurdish Globe
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14 Mar 2009