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Farmfolio visits global agriculture conference
- Farm Folio
- 04 May 2016
Institutional investors want access to farmland in Latin America, but they want it through a Delaware entity that can leap all of the local financial logistics.
Interview: Russia eyes enhanced agricultural cooperation with China
- Xinhua
- 04 May 2016
"Our main priority in the Far East is to provide the conditions for investment in agricultural and infrastructure spheres," says Russian Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev, naming several regions near China's northeast.
Overseas Investment Office receives resources boost following controversial sale of Taranaki farm
- TV New Zealand
- 04 May 2016
The Government office which decides whether or not to allow foreigners to buy sensitive New Zealand land will receive a 25 per cent boost in staff and new enforcement powers.
Workshop explores changing dynamics of ag finance
- Ag Wired
- 04 May 2016
Farm Foundation, NFP, along with USDA’s Economic Research Service and Bank of America Merrill Lynch host a workshop on the implications of non-farmer investor interest in agricultural resources.
La ruée sur les terres agricoles se déplace vers les pays riches
- AFP/France24
- 04 May 2016
La ruée sur les terres agricoles d'Afrique ou d'Asie a généré beaucoup d'espérances déçues pour les investisseurs qui ciblent désormais des horizons moins risqués, de l'Australie à la Californie en passant par la France.
Huile de palme: appel au boycott d'entreprises par des communautés villageoises
- AFP
- 04 May 2016
Des communautés du Pérou, de Colombie, d'Indonésie et du Liberia demandent aux Européens de "cesser de financer des entreprises associées à des acquisitions illégales de terre".
Chinese firm said to take control of Brazilian soybean exporter
- Bloomberg
- 03 May 2016
A unit of China’s Shanghai Pengxin Group Co. bought a controlling stake in Brazil’s soybean trader and biodiesel maker Fiagril Ltda for $286 million, marking the first major Chinese acquisition of an agricultural company in Brazil.
Sierra Leone: Sewa Farm to invest $30-40M in agriculture
- Awoko
- 03 May 2016
The private farming company, Sewa Farm, will start rice farming between June and July this year in Turma Bum in Bonthe district on an initial 25,000 hectares.
Chinese group drops $281 million bid for Australian cattle firm
- Bloomberg
- 03 May 2016
The suitors led by Shanghai Pengxin Group will instead work on a new structure for the takeover of S. Kidman & Co., while sticking with the same price tag for the 117-year-old cattle company.
Falta de informações sobre estrutura fundiária e estrangeirização é intencional
- IHU
- 02 May 2016
“Quando o Estado não tem informações bem definidas sobre seu território, configura-se uma situação de precariedade dos registros que impede análises mais aprofundadas da questão fundiária e, portanto, da questão agrária”, diz o geógrafo.
Uganda: Govt gives Chinese firm 2,500 acres in Luweero for farming
- Oberver
- 02 May 2016
The government has given Ke-Hong Group 2,500 acres for a multi-billion shilling project involving rice farming, poultry, horticulture, and fish farming, according to agriculture minister Tress Bucyanayandi.
Nine-year jail term for human rights defender
- Oakland Institute
- 02 May 2016
An Ethiopian court has handed down a nine-year jail sentence to a leading dissident from the restive region where the government has leased vast tracts of land to foreign investors.