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Africa’s dividing farmlands a threat to food security
- IPS
- 10 September 2014
As investors rush to East and southern Africa for large-scale land acquisitions, a majority of Africa’s farmers now farm on less than one hectare.
Chinese authorities eye agricultural investment in Laos
- Vientiane Times
- 10 September 2014
Authorities of Quanzhou city in China’s Fujian province have expressed their interest in agricultural investment in growing rice and organic vegetables to supply the Chinese market.
Africa an El Dorado for South Africa’s agribusiness giants
- ACB
- 09 September 2014
The ACB releases new report which shows the extent to which South African agribusinesses dominate the farm to fork agribusiness value chain in Africa-worth billions of dollars.
Michigan pension fund to invest more in Australian nuts, livestock
- Reuters
- 09 September 2014
Thousands of miles from pricey U.S. farmland, a Michigan pension fund is expanding its investments in Australian farms, betting on good returns from the comparatively cheaper assets and surging commodity prices.
Major African music artists to perform pro bono for PLAD’s STOP Africa Land Grab concert
- Black News
- 09 September 2014
The Partnership League for Africa’s Development presents the STOP Africa Land Grab Concert to bring awareness to the on-going massive land acquisition in Africa by foreign investors.
Peru: Monoculture sweeps Amazon Forests
- Latinamerica Press
- 09 September 2014
Recent reports reveal that the regional governments of Loreto and Ucayali, in the eastern part of the country, have sold millions of hectares of virgin forests as rural land for African oil palm cultivation.
DGC Asset Management to launch farmland investment vehicle for investors
- DGC
- 09 September 2014
UK-based project developer DGC Asset Management is to launch a new subsidiary, Vaccinium (UK) Limited, which will invest in farms and estates in the US, Latin America and Europe.
Draft plantations bill on foreign ownership limit hits presidential hurdle
- Reuters
- 08 September 2014
Indonesia's outgoing president is against a draft bill that would retroactively limit foreign ownership of plantations to no more than 30 percent.
Olam’s rice nucleus program
- World Grain
- 04 September 2014
The commercial farm currently has 3,000 hectares under cultivation and another 3,000 hectares will be developed in 2015, while 3,000 farmers are involved in its outgrower programme.
Cameroon to develop 800 additional hectares of bananas
- blackseagrain.net
- 04 September 2014
A new 800 ha banana plantation is planned in Dehaene in the South region by a subsidiary of France's Compagnie Fruitière.
Edo, 16 investors sign MoU to develop agribusiness
- Business Day
- 04 September 2014
500,000 hectares of new farmlands has so far been identified across the Nigerian state to be allocated to the investors to develop the sector.
Lufthansa helps establish $600m biofuel fund
- PEI
- 04 September 2014
German airline Lufthansa in talks with several investment firms about taking on management of a private equity fund that will invest into farmland in Cameroon and Eastern Europe to grow oil crops.