Investigation uncovers how Harvard University's endowment is involved in a violent case of land grabbing, covering 140,000 ha in the Brazilian state of Bahia.
The department of lands in Siaya County has recommended that a portion of the contested Yala swamp lands currently occupied by US-based Dominion Farms be set aside for the community.
La firme zimbabwéenne ProDairy s’est associée à la firme de capital-investissement Sub-Sahara Capital, basée à New-York, pour développer des pâturages spécialisés
- Agence Ecofin
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15 Mar 2018
Les organisations de défense des populations craignent que la nouvelle loi foncière ne soit vidé de sa substance, après avoir été considérablement amendé en septembre 2017 par l’Assemblée nationale, puis bloqué au Sénat.
A região predominantemente do nordeste brasileiro chamada de MATOPIBA tem sido alvo da especulação imobiliária agrícola e da expansão do agronegócio, que conta com incentivos fiscais e créditos subsidiados pelo Estado para financiar a produção de soja, milho, eucalipto, algodão e cana-de-açúcar.
- Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos
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14 February 2018
A segunda edição do Seminário Internacional "Fundos de Pensões, Mercados Financeiros e Especulação do Território" será realizada amanhã, dia 15 de fevereiro, no Centro de Pós-Graduação da Universidade de Nova York.
A continued proliferation of farmland managers and investment strategies is expected in the years ahead, says president of AgIS Capital LLC
- Gobal AgInvesting
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18 January 2018
An online real estate platform co-founded by Jared Kushner and financed by Goldman Sachs says it will expand into farmland deals.
- Tech Crunch
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10 January 2018
The chief investment officer for the University of Illinois Foundation is aiming to make farmland about 10 percent of the $1.8 billion endowment portfolio she oversees.
- Bloomberg
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04 January 2018
Foreign ownership of farmland has shot up in Wisconsin and across the US but enforcement of the laws that regulate foreign ownership of farmland is lax.
Property worth millions of shillings belonging to Dominion farms is set to be auctioned next week.
- The Standard
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07 December 2017
Commodities supplier Olam International announced on Dec 1 it has completed the sale of its 5,100 acre (around 2,100 hectares) Edible Nuts orchards to Farmland Partners Inc (FPI) for US$110 million in cash.
- Business Times
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01 December 2017
