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Global funds chase Australian farms
- Stock Journal
- 18 November 2013
Global fund managers and some of the world's largest pension funds have bought more than $1.5 billion of agricultural land in Australia over the past three years.
Fund manager Duxton buys farms in New Zealand
- Wall Street Journal
- 17 November 2013
Duxton Asset Management is buying a stake in seven sheep and cattle farms even as it voiced concern over the country’s system of regulating foreign investment.
Indonesia’s forest communities victims of ‘legal land grabs’
- Jakarta Globe
- 16 November 2013
Communities are finding that ancestral lands are slipping into the hands of foreign companies for oil palm cultivation, as demand for the product grows in Europe, India and China.
The gender and equity implications of land-related investments on land access and labour and income-generating opportunities
- FAO
- 16 November 2013
Three FAO reports published in 2013 looking at Lao PDR, Zambia and Ghana
Big ag deal goes largely unnoticed
- Financial Review
- 15 November 2013
Late on Wednesday night an Australian trust backed by Swiss, Danish and US fund managers agreed to pay more than $200 million for 12,000 hectares of almond groves in northern Victoria.
Agribusiness investor Zeder deepens its roots in Zambia
- Business Day
- 14 November 2013
The deal was struck through Zeder's existing investment in that country - its 73.4%-owned commercial farming venture, Chayton Africa
"Land grabbing in Madagascar: Echoes and testimonies from the field" report launch
- Re:Common, SIF, TANY
- 13 November 2013
This joint report from Re:Common, SIF and TANY takes the reader through five regions of Madagascar exposing the consequences and impacts of six land grab projects led by foreign investors.
Cameroon activist takes on land grabber from Wall Street, now faces imprisonment
- GRAIN
- 13 November 2013
Community organiser Nasako Besingi speaks about being beaten, arrested and sued for supporting villagers in Cameroon defending their lands from US hedge fund Herakles Capital.
Olam agrees to sell Australian almond orchards for A$200 Million
- Bloomberg
- 13 November 2013
Nearly 12,000 hectares (30,000 acres) of orchards will be sold to Adveq Almond Trust, owned by a group of investors led by Adveq Real Assets Harvested Resources LP.
Uruguay sends bill to parliament banning ownership of land by foreign companies or governments
- MercoPress
- 13 November 2013
The Uruguayan government sent a draft law to parliament Tuesday that would ban the ownership of land by companies if they are in any way linked to foreign countries.
Coca-Cola: We salute your pledge and now we await your actions to make your suppliers respect human rights
- Boycott Blood Sugar
- 12 November 2013
Coke must commence an immediate investigation into the forced evictions and land seizures perpetrated to clear the way for Mitr Phol’s Cambodian operation
Saudi Arabia to target agro-investments abroad
- Arab News
- 11 November 2013
Saad Khalil, director of King Abdullah's Initiative for Saudi Agricultural Investment Abroad, recently revealed that 35 countries have been targeted for agro-investment so far.