In 2013, mammoth US investment company TIAA-CREF gave $5 million to the University of Illinois to fund a research center, branded with the company’s name, that would explore the financial niche of farmland investment.
Emirati giant Elite Agro LLC is looking for opportunities to invest in specific commodities in the agriculture sector that can be produced in Guyana on a large scale.
Elite Agro, which farms tens of thousands of hectares in various parts of the world, may invest in the large-scale production of corn and soybean in Guyana, as well as seafood
Entretien avec Karin Nansen, membre des Amis de la Terre International et de REDES-Amis de la Terre Uruguay
Growing rush for land is destroying ecosystems and disrupting lives to satisfy global demand for goods, study warns
La troisième caravane sous régionale de sensibilisation, d’interpellation et de mobilisation des populations et gouvernants des Etats de l’espace Cedeao, sur l’agro-écologie et la gouvernance foncière inclusive, démarre dans les prochains jours.
The High Court in Siaya, Kenya, has suspended the intended allocation of Yala Swamp land by the National Land Commission to Lake Agro Limited. “The land under Yala Swamp is yet to be registered as community land so that community around the area are allocated their share,” petitioners say.
A fifth of oil palm plantations in Indonesia, the world’s biggest producer of palm oil, are operating illegally inside forest areas that are off-limits to commercial agricultural activity, a new report from Greenpeace shows.
Une communauté du Moungo, au Caneroun, s’attaque à l’occupation de vastes espaces majoritairement agricoles
US private equity firm Proterra Investment Partners, which owns significant farmland assets in Australia, says farmland investing is going strong, both among domestic and foreign investors
According to research by risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft, which analysed 170 commodities, palm oil and cobalt are at “extreme” risk of land grabs
En France, les sénateurs ont adopté une proposition de loi visant à mieux réguler l’accès au foncier agricole mais elle « ne luttera pas contre les concentrations excessives »