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Spotlight on "land grab" deals
- IRIN
- 14 November 2012
A new study puts "land-grab" deals into the context of agricultural investments more generally.
Carlyle Group to make Africa investment
- Wall Street Journal
- 13 November 2012
Carlyle is part of a small group of investors that will inject $210 million into Export Trading Group, a Tanzania-based agricultural company that controls at least 60,000 hectares of farmland in Africa.
Louis Dreyfus lifts the lid on its ag operations
- Agrimoney
- 13 November 2012
Louis Dreyfus lifted the lid on commodities operations such as its 45 orange groves, and unveiled a healthy appetite for investment, as, after 160 years, it unveiled its first public results statement.
Involving local farmers is key to success of foreign investment
- FAO
- 13 November 2012
New FAO report focuses on investments in developing countries, urging caution on large-scale land acquisitions
Foreign investment in farmland: No low-hanging fruit
- Deutsche Bank
- 13 November 2012
Report by Deutsche Bank examines the global rush for land
Singapore group buys Queensland farms
- AFR
- 12 November 2012
Duxton Asset Management has bought more than 800 hectares of Australian fruit orchards for a discount of more than 50 per cent from receivers of failed managed investment scheme Rewards Group and listed land owner Ark Fund.
Investors look to farmland as tangible, stable asset
- AgWire
- 12 November 2012
With the ups and downs of the stock market in the past few years and the boom in the rural economy, institutional investors are looking at farmland as a tangible, stable asset to have in their portfolio.
South African farm worker strikes reminiscent of the mine workers dispute
- Land Commodities
- 12 November 2012
Could a recent farm workers dispute in, De Doorns, a wine region in the Western Cape in South Africa, become the agriculture equivalent of the Lonmin's platinum mine dispute?
New Zealanders fearful about foreign agricultural investment
- Land Commodities
- 10 November 2012
New research indicates that foreign ownership of farmland and other rural real estate in New Zealand may be closer to 10%, significantly higher than a recent conflicting estimate of 1.5%.
Land motion sparks hot debate in House
- Guardian
- 09 November 2012
A heated debate ensued yesterday in Tanzania's Parliament after Kawe lawmaker Halima Mdee moved a private motion calling on the House to adopt a resolution pressing the government to suspend the allocation of huge chunks of land for investment to foreigners.
African land grab is a myth, says China expert
- CityWire
- 09 November 2012
Chinese land grabs in Africa are a media myth, according to regional expert Professor Deborah Brautigam.
Canada’s new corn belt attracts hot money to bargain farmland
- Bloomberg
- 08 November 2012
“Every day I field calls from potential investors, from pension funds, from family businesses that want to buy” from inside and outside Canada, said Doug Emsley, president of Assiniboia Capital Corp.