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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.

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

An online real estate platform co-founded by Jared Kushner and financed by Goldman Sachs says it will expand into farmland deals.

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.

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.

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.

Pátria investimentos, in which the Blackstone Group owns 40%, has made its first investment in a Brazilian agricultural farm located in Luís Eduardo Magalhães, a municipality in Western Bahia, for an undisclosed amount.

Now-sacked employees of Dominion Farms in Siaya County held a peaceful demonstration protesting delayed salaries and benefits.

US company Dominion Group could be preparing to leave Kenya after 15 years of running a multi-billion farming project at Yala in Siaya County as its CEO Calvin Burges has written letters to employees telling them of plans to close down the business.

A Siaya County leader and a community lobby group have demanded a thorough audit of an American-owned rice farm's financials before it is allowed to exit the region.