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Le groupe céréalier AgroGénération, créé en 2007 par l'homme d'affaires Charles Beigbeder, va être absorbé par Harmélia, un rival ukrainien, détenu à 100 % par le fonds d'investissement américain SigmaBleyzer.

Un rapport issu du ministère des forêts camerounais et consulté par l'AFP mardi reproche à la société américaine Heraklès Farms des méthodes "d'intimidation et de corruption" pour acquérir des terres pour la culture du palmier à huile dans le sud-ouest du Cameroun

Farmland prices are firming across much of Central and Eastern Europe, as interest from institutional investors -- mainly pension funds -- begins to translate into transactions on the ground.

A group representing Wisconsin farmers said its lobbying agenda this spring will include opposition to Gov. Scott Walker's plan to eliminate limits on foreign land ownership.

The Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act was first passed in 1980 by Congress to limit foreign control over US farmland. Obama now wants things changed.

Le président du Conseil d’administration, Gora Seck, de la société Senhuile/Senéthanol revient sur les grandes lignes et les retombées économiques du projet qui suscite beaucoup de réactions de la part de certaines populations locales.

In November, an investment unit of the big Swiss bank UBS bought 9,800 acres of Wisconsin farmland for $68 million

Farm advocates fear a loosening of the acreage that can be sold to foreign investors will drive up Wisconsin farmland prices.

Major asset managers, cowed by the cost, the risk and the controversy involved in investing in farmland, are joining forces to increase investment in the historically under-capitalised sector.

US Governor Scott Walker's budget proposes lifting a longtime prohibition on foreign ownership of large tracts of land in Wisconsin — a change that some legislators believe will allow other countries to gain too much control over some of the world's best farmland.

US-based Aslan Global Management, a leader in the "patient capital" movement, manages more than 12,000 hectares of farmland in Ukraine and Mozambique on long-term lease and just entered into a 99-year lease for 45,000 hectares in Tanzania.

Foreigners will not be allowed to lease land for a period exceeding 49 years and those who fail to put their land to use will face stiff penalties, which include repossession.