Fazenda Agrinor is constructing greenhouses in the commune of Bela Vista, Angola at its 5000 ha farm concession in collaboration with the Israeli company Mitrelli
“Some African nations, such as Kenya and Uganda, are ready to fast-track collaboration in agriculture with India and recently offered land on lease to Indian businesses during a delegation visit," said an Indian official
The Azuero Reforestation Project is expected to plant trees on 10,000 hectares of degraded tropical forest on the Azuero Peninsula in Panama that has been converted to low-density cattle ranchland over the last century.
- GlobeNewswire
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22 May 2024
“Probably the biggest growth is in working with large institutional investors at large pension funds and insurance companies, and also some quite large family offices,” which manages over 300,000 ha of farmland and timberland in the US, Europe and Australia.
Australia's Costa family, which already has 88,000 hectares of farms under management, has announced plans to invest $600 million in a new agriculture fund.
Villagers in Madagascar are suffering intimidation and heavy pressure from the Italian company Tozzi Green, which now wants to produce carbon credits on 11,000 hectares of farmland in the Ihorombe region, say farmers organisations and NGOs
A French court ruled to confiscate nine Bordeaux wine country chateaux acquired by a Chinese magnate convicted of laundering Chinese government funds.
Japanese paper maker buys a 41,000 tree plantation in Uruguay for US$288mn from US asset manager The Rohatyn Group, as part of a plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
During a visit to the 630,000 ha Mostaqbal Misr project, Egypt's President says he will be opening the door wide for the private sector to tap land-reclamation projects on a grand scale by offering a lot of incentives, like roads and water for agricultural purposes.
A study shows non-farmers bought more than half the farms and estates sold on the open market in England in 2023, with private investors involved in 28% of transactions and institutional investors in 13% – a rise of 10% on 2022 levels.
- Farmers Guide
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14 May 2024
New study exposes how land grabs in various forms have led to doubling land prices globally since 2008, and tripling in Central Europe, placing unprecedented strain on farmers and rural communities.
Nigeria's Enugu State has signed a deal for a joint venture with Pragmatic Palms Limited that will give the newly formed company with no previous agricultural experience control over a 6,700 ha oil palm plantation concession.