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Overseas investors pull out of farm purchases after government clampdown
- Stuff
- 29 June 2018
The number of foreign buyers pulling out of New Zealand farm purchases has more than doubled since the Government tightened rules for overseas investment.
Danish Ingleby becomes fourth largest farmland owner in Romania
- Romania Insider
- 29 June 2018
Ingleby group is owned by the Swedish billionaire family of Hans Rausing. The group exploited over 100,500 ha of land worldwide, of which 81,500 ha farmland and 7,261 ha forest.
Hassad to invest $500mn in Sudan's food sector
- Gulf Times
- 28 June 2018
Hassad, a subsidiary of Qatar Investment Authority, announces its intention to invest $500mn in the Sudanese agricultural and food sectors over the next three years.
International financial capital and the Brazilian land market
- LatAm Perspectives
- 28 June 2018
Brazilian agribusiness corporations have created partnerships with pension funds in the United States, Canada, and Europe for the “outsourcing” of land operations that are analogous to the international outsourcing of labor.
Dutch pension fund divests from Posco Daewoo over deforestation in Indonesia
- Mongabay
- 26 June 2018
APB, the Dutch pension fund for government and education employees, announced it would divest 300,000 euros from Posco Daewoo over deforestation in Indonesian Papua.
Okomu earmarks N80 million for HSE, decries selective attacks on the coy over RSPO
- Nigerian Observer
- 26 June 2018
Okomu's Managing Director surprised about attacks directed at the company over its RSPO certification, saying it would be the first palm oil company in Nigeria to be so certified by October this year.
VGGT: what potential to engage?
- Fern
- 26 June 2018
This rapid scoping of the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure sought views on the usefulness of the guidelines for promoting forest tenure reform in support of secure community land rights.
Nigeria: Farmers kick over alleged land grab by Cross River, seek N500m compensation
- Guadian
- 26 June 2018
The allocation of land by the Cross River government to a South African firm for a massive agriculture project has pitched the Governor against over 400 farmers from Ochon settlement in Obubra Local Council of the state.
Is Nordsudtimber getting into the palm oil business?
- Global Witness
- 26 June 2018
A new report by Global Witness indicates that Feronia Inc destroyed secondary forest during its replanting programme in the DR Congo, on lands that are part of a Norsudtimber forestry concession.
Ukraine to lease state-owned farmland via online auctions
- Xinhua
- 25 June 2018
Besides curbing corruption in the land rental market, the online auctions are expected to fill the state budget and make leasing land more convenient for potential investors.
Tehran, Dushanbe to boost co-op in sectors of energy, overseas farming
- Trend
- 23 June 2018
Tajikistan's Foreign Minister says his country was ready to help Iran with extraterritorial farming in the face of the constraints of worsening land and water resources in Iran.
Chinese banana plantations flourish as villagers lose their land in Kachin
- Myanmar Times
- 22 June 2018
In Waingmaw alone, there are more than 11,000 ha of tissue-culture bananas being grown by Chinese and local companies, and there are more than 24,300 ha in the whole state.