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African land fertile ground for crops and investors
- NPR
- 15 June 2012
Part 2 of a report from the US-based National Public Radio on landgrabbing in Africa, highlighting the case of Mozambique
New Mexico council eyes infrastructure, other suballocations to real assets
- Pensions & Investments
- 01 June 2012
New Mexico State Investment Council will consider approving investment policies for a farmland suballocation, potentially in emerging markets, in its 10% long-term real asset portfolio.
PrimeAg lands $37m farm sale
- The Land
- 29 May 2012
The agricultural arm of the $US487 billion Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association has snapped up six farming properties from listed company PrimeAg Australia in a deal worth $36.7 million.
Argentina: Ofrecen comprar tierras en EE.UU.
- La Nación
- 28 May 2012
Productores argentinos pueden acceder a través de operadores inmobiliarios; atrae la menor presión impositiva.
Cargill envisage de créer 10 000 emplois au Cameroun
- Investir au Cameroun
- 20 May 2012
Le groupe américain mène «une mission de prospection qui vise à implanter en Afrique, notamment au Cameroun, au Liberia et en Côte d’Ivoire, une vaste plantation de palmier à huile.» On parle de 50000 ha.
US trader goes from Wall-Street investments to buying farmland In Romania and Bulgaria
- Ziarul Financiar
- 18 May 2012
Jeffrey Notaro, a trader who worked on Wall Street for 18 years, set up investment fund Black Sea Agriculture seven years ago, mainly for investments in farmland in northern Bulgaria and south Romania.
Obama urged to reassess Ethiopian relations over land evictions
- Bloomberg
- 18 May 2012
The U.S. should reassess its support for the government of Ethiopia, amid concern that more than half a million people are being evicted to make land available for foreign investment in agriculture, advocacy groups say.
Fact sheet: G-8 action on food security and nutrition
- US government
- 18 May 2012
Obama announces G8's New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition and reiterates support for the "process and pilot use of the Principles of Responsible Agricultural Investment"
Is your retirement fund a land-grabber?
- IATP
- 17 May 2012
The Financial Times reported this week that TIAA-CREF is developing a new “investment vehicle” that will bet the retirement funds of millions of American on the rising price of farmland around the world.
The allure of farmland investments: Consistent performance, low correlation
- Seeking Alpha
- 17 May 2012
"Investing in Farmland and Feeding the World," was discussed at an interactive session at the 65th CFA Institute Annual Conference in Chicago last week.
Commitments to AP2 agriculture venture boosts assets to $2bn
- IPE
- 15 May 2012
Sweden's SEK216bn (€24bn) buffer fund AP2 and TIAA-CREF have increased commitments to an agricultural property company launched last year to $2bn (€1.6bn), attracting interest from several Canadian investors.
Study on private equity in agribusiness in Southern Africa
- USAID
- 03 May 2012
The overall objective of this report is to identify potential interventions to enhance the capacity of newly created private equity funds in agriculture and/or agribusiness in Africa, especially the stimulation of technical assistance to agricultural value chains.