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What if foreign investors, US corporation funds, pension funds, land development companies, and wealthy investors continue to buy more US farmland?

Intl Farming Investment Management is seeking to raise £200m as it lists a US farmland investment trust on the London Stock Exchange

Film maker Gabriela Cowperthwaite uncovers a massive global scheme to gobble up resources, pairing with the Center for Investigative Reporting to bring these shadowy operations to light.

The $8.7 billion Sydney-based global investor and manager of nature-based property assets has formed New Agriculture to build a much bigger portfolio of agriculture assets.

The $3.4 billion pension fund of Sonoma County, California committed up to $125 million to Fiera Comox Global Agricultural Fund to complement its investment in UBS AgriVest Farmland Fund

Dans le nord-ouest du Sénégal, une coalition de 37 villages proteste depuis dix ans contre l’attribution de 20 000 hectares à une entreprise agroalimentaire. Ce conflit foncier illustre un phénomène généralisé sur le continent africain : l’accaparement de terres par des multinationales.

Senator Rounds noted on his website that this new legislation will also bar investment in US agribusiness from Russia, Iran, and North Korea.

The Anti-Corporate Farming Law was created in 1932 to keep corporations out of North Dakota by preventing them from owning North Dakota farmland. This was to protect local, family farms.

Voters will decide whether to create a new government entity to take back control of water held by one of Hawaii’s most powerful agribusiness corporations and a Canadian pension fund.

There will be plenty more scuffles between local populations and new global landlords. But, according to the Financial Times, such fights are unlikely to stem the tide of land investment.

Habrá muchos más enfrentamientos entre las poblaciones locales y los considerados nuevos terratenientes globales, según el Financial Times

Des accords controversés sont toujours en cours. Elite Agro, un grand propriétaire terrien de Serbie, basé à Abu Dhabi, a signé un accord pour des terres agricoles à Madagascar. African Agriculture (AAGR), basée aux États-Unis, a de grands projets pour la culture de la luzerne au Sénégal et a signé à la fin de l’année dernière des accords pour des terres au Niger.