Under the agreement, Rainforest Builder will expand its operations to restore at least 15,000 hectares of degraded forest land, plant over 2 million indigenous trees
The project provides for the phased conversion of up to 300,000 hectares of fallow and pasture lands into irrigated agricultural lands using modern water-saving technologies and infrastructure solutions
Nuveen’s 2025 “EQuilibrium” report, which presents the thoughts of its annual institutional asset allocator survey, found that 11% of survey respondents said they plan to increase their allocations both to farmland and timberland, while 26% and 27%, respectively, said they plan to maintain their allocations.
The Brazilian federal government is studying a proposal to create an agribusiness investment fund (Fiagro) to attract foreign investors willing to become equity partners with farmers seeking to recover and convert degraded pastures.
Nuveen will pursue the acquisition and leasing of high-quality U.S. farmland growing crops ranging from row crops like corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and vegetables to permanent plantings such as tree nuts, citrus, olives, avocados and wine grapes,
On a trip to Brazil, Nigeria's Delta State Commissioner for Works and Public Information said his government is considering land acquisition mechanisms to support large-scale farming requests from investors and is looking at the model of large-scale Brazilian ranching to "reduce the nomadic nature of animal husbandry"
The fund owns 17 kiwifruit orchards in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty and Northland.
American investors have split up a 21,830ha portfolio of farms among five buyers, including three farming families and the billionaire magnate’s Hancock Agriculture.
Agriculture investment is evolving globally. Once focused on farmland, today’s investors are targeting entire supply chains. Rising costs and flat land prices are pressuring returns, and the focus is shifting to yield, resilience and ESG-linked income.
The billions of cubic meters of Nile water, rainwater, and treated sewage water that have been pumped into Egypt's recent large-scale desert agriculture projects have come at the expense of the country's small farmers.
A land dispute between residents of a Cameroonian village and a major palm oil company remains unresolved despite protests and requests for meetings with authorities, NGOs and community members say.
The venture includes 952 acres across seven orchards, of which 311 acres are certified organic, and 272 acres are in transition to organic over the next four years.