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Three mega-trends fuelling investor interest in Africa
- HowWeMadeItInAfrica
- 18 February 2013
KPMG’s Anthony Thunstrom says private equity is buying up significant agriculture interest in Africa because that is the remaining arable land on the planet.
Land grabbing and global governance
- Taylor & Francis
- 18 February 2013
The issue on land grabbing and global governance contains 14 articles: introductory essay, 8 original research articles and 5 review articles of transnational instruments to regulate land grabs.
Land-grabbing firms beware: cost of ignoring people's rights is rising
- Guardian
- 18 February 2013
Communities have more hope than ever of seeing off companies trying to acquire their land, with support from media and NGOs.
Sreelatha Menon: Bloodied pulses
- Business Standard
- 16 February 2013
If there is “blood diamond”, there is also such a thing as “blood maize”, “blood soya” and “blood pulses”.
US fund TIAA-CREF buys Australian farms from PrimeAg for up to $126m
- The Australian
- 15 February 2013
PrimeAg Australia has agreed to sell 60 per cent of its land and water portfolio to US financial services organisation TIAA-CREF for up to $126 million.
Land grab crisis: Cambodia sells off its people’s future
- Asian Correspondent
- 15 February 2013
Where will Cambodia find enough land for the next generation?
Be wary of exotic investments in your self invested personal pension
- Mindful Money
- 14 February 2013
Describing itself as a consultant and “master distributor” of products designed “to bring working capital to a variety of projects” – including upgrading farmland overseas and forestry –Intelligent Partnership published a 76 page report on the alternatives sector this week.
Fracking and the global land grab
- TNI
- 14 February 2013
Fracking is an expression of the water and land grabbing agenda already underpinning expanding corporate takeover of natural resources, write Jennifer Franco, Timothé Feodoroff and Ana Maria Rey Martinez
Global land grabs on Valentine’s Day at IATP
- 14 February 2013
Video of the seminar on global land grabs and food sovereignty featuring Alexandra Spieldoch, Jim Harkness of IATP and Redwan Hamaza of the Oromia Human Rights and Justice Council.
Vanderbilt University divests from "land grab" in Africa
- Oakland Institute
- 13 February 2013
This historic divestment marks the first full divestment made by Vanderbilt in response to student pressure
Swedish buffer fund AP2 seeks to grow timber, agricultural portfolio
- IPE
- 13 February 2013
Sweden's second buffer fund hopes to increase its agricultural and timberland investments beyond the current 10% strategic benchmark for real estate, the fund's chief investment strategist has told IPE
Agriterra grows in cocoa with Sierra Leone deal
- Agrimoney
- 13 February 2013
Agriterra revealed headway in its long-held desire to expand into cocoa production, acquiring 1,750 hectares of plantations, and forecasting further purchases with a windfall from a sale of oil interests.