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A Riyadh private equity firm established by a Saudi royal is joining forces with Canadian asset manager Cordiant Group to set up two funds worth $5 billion for agricultural investments across the GCC and globally.

Carbon Done Right Developments has dropped a 10,000 ha project in Ghana, put a 32,000 ha project in Sierra Leone on hold and is looking for new investors to expand its 25,000 ha rewilding project in Sierra Leone, after BP Carbon Trading did not exercise an option to pre-purchase carbon credits.

Corporate-backed farming groups from North America and the UK have emerged as key players in the nation’s farmland market in the past year.

Six communities in Maconteh Chiefdom, Port Loko District, including Rogbessh, Faidugu, Rokama, Robat, and Kirima have staged a peaceful protest against agroforestry company Rewinding BKM for failing to pay 2024 land lease fees.

A venture backed by Canada’s PSP Investments has bought out its co-investors in the Kooba aggregation in New South Wales, which has 30,000 hectares of cotton, crops and livestock and 1,400 hectares of almond orchards.

New Agriculture manages the Lawson Grains portfolio on behalf of its investor, Canadian pension fund Alberta Investment Management Corporation, or AIMCo.

A global commodities trader and carbon player, part-owned by funds giant Brookfield, is quitting a 450,000-hectare Northern Territory cattle station where it hoped to set up an offset scheme, amid confusion and delays over new carbon rules.

Australia-based Costa Group has launched a new blueberry farming project on the Bolaven Plateau in Laos, starting with 17 hectares of crops at Paksong.

Australian agricultural asset manager Warakirri has announced it is targeting a $500m-plus expansion into the dairy farming sector via a new trans-Tasman investment fund.

The Warakirri Diversified Agriculture Fund invests in agricultural assets on behalf of Australian, Canadian and European pension funds, as well as high net-worth individuals and private family offices.

La question de la propriété des terres agricoles par des étrangers suscite des préoccupations en Saskatchewan, à cause de la hausse des prix. Mais les données montrent que la majorité des fermes restent entre les mains de familles canadiennes.

"Whether it is a farmer or an investor, they are now viewing land as an asset class to get rich off of speculation, not the productive capability of that land."