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Adecoagro SA, a farmland venture in South America that’s backed by billionaire George Soros, plans to raise as much as $429 million in an initial public offering in the US as food prices surge.

Several national companies and even the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, the capital's sovereign fund, are planning investments in agriculture in countries as diverse as Vietnam, Cambodia, Pakistan, Australia, Romania and the United States.

Les ONG n'ont pas révélé l'identité des multinationales de l'agro-busness bénéficiaires des attributions foncières en question; toutefois certaines sources parlent de sociétés saoudiennes, soudanaises et même américaines,

New Zealand’s overseas investment regime will be on the US’ hit list during the Trans Pacific Partnership talks this week.

Profit-hungry investors hope to avoid the stigma and opposition associated with land grabbing by partnering with local business development groups.

Abu Dhabi's Jenaan Investment owns and leases properties in Egypt and Sudan, as well as leasing land in Tanzania, Ethiopia and the US.

Optima Fund Management is picking up new U.S. farm properties at a brisk pace as it prepares to take public its farmland real estate investment trust.

Investors eyeing agriculture in global markets are increasingly merging their pursuit of profits with a philanthropic zeal.

Pension funds, foundations and endowments want a hedge against inflation and a safe place for their money.

Mounting concern over security of food supplies is spurring a wave of private-sector investment in Africa.

The approved sale of a large Otago dairy farm to Harvard University in the United States is not in New Zealand's long-term interests and shows a lack of clear and strong rules on foreign ownership of NZ land, says Labour.

"Will the Chinese government purchase goods in China to be used on their farmland in Africa? We have seen a few tenders, yes, definitely. Is this becoming a trend? Most likely, and this will be a nice add-on to the business case that we are running here."