L’Union nationale des fermiers du Canada applaudit deux projets de loi d’initiative parlementaire qui furent déposés pour tenter de limiter l’accaparement des terres agricoles par de puissants acteurs financiers.
The $3.4 billion pension fund of Sonoma County, California committed up to $125 million to Fiera Comox Global Agricultural Fund to complement its investment in UBS AgriVest Farmland Fund
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31 August 2022
Calgary-based Veripath has rapidly grown, operating on the conviction that global demand for agricultural products make farmland – particularly Canadian farmland a prime long-term investment.
Voters will decide whether to create a new government entity to take back control of water held by one of Hawaii’s most powerful agribusiness corporations and a Canadian pension fund.
- Civil Beat
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01 August 2022
Land ownership concentration and big money are forcing farmers to clear their lands in order to keep up in the Canada's Saskatchewan Province.
Canada's Blended Finance Project interviews Witness Radio and GRAIN about the role public development banks play in facilitating land grabs around the world.
The undertaking will be carried out alongside PSP Investments’ local operating partners on more than 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) of farmland and timberland.
PSP Investments, one of Canada's largest pension investment managers, to acquire high-quality European agricultural properties, starting with Citri&Co citrus orchards in Spain.
The financialization of farmland further cements Alberta's large-scale, export-oriented, energy-, capital-, and emission-intensive production model.
- Parkland Institute
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16 June 2022
Saskatchewan implemented similar prohibition back in 2015, prompting pension plans to look to Alberta to buy farmland.
Les attaques sont lourdes. Elles proviennent d’un large ensemble d’ONG et visent la société belge d’investissement pour les pays en développement BIO.
La députée Émilise Lessard-Therrien, porte-parole de Québec solidaire en matière d’agriculture, a déposé un projet de loi à l’Assemblée nationale le 24 mai visant à interdire l’acquisition de terres agricoles par un fonds d’investissement privé et à créer un registre des transactions foncières agricoles.