Britain's biggest farm management company is branching out into agricultural investment in Romania, believing eastern Europe offers far more fertile opportunities than those at home.
- The Telegraph
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12 Mar 2013
Alors que 13 000 personnes vivraient sur les terres allouées à Addax Bioenergy, le réseau Silnorf demande que « le droit à la sécurité alimentaire soit effectivement mis en œuvre en Sierra Leone ».
Norway’s US$710bn sovereign investment fund has pulled its investment from 23 Southeast Asian palm oil companies, claiming that they source palm oil unsustainably.
- Food Navigator
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12 Mar 2013
As ratings agencies and risk insurers increasingly factor in land tenure risk to their premiums, investors need to be aware of the potential costs that might be incurred through disruption, sabotage or loss of assets and the further possibility that the strong-arm tactics used by some African states to resolve disputes could invalidate or seriously impact on the level of insurance cover.
- Aegis Advisory
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12 Mar 2013
La Côte d'Ivoire met à disposition du Groupe Louis Dreyfus plusieurs milliers d'hectares agricoles. Quelle est la légitimité d'un tel contrat ?
The UK's Environmental Agency Pension Fund is still seeking a manager for a £245m ‘real asset' mandate, set to include £65m in forestry and farmland.
- Professional Pensions
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11 Mar 2013
The 16,000-hectare farm which Första AP-fonden bought in Australia in December was one of a clutch of purchases of farmland, worth some $100m, by the pension fund.
El presidente de Uruguay, José Mujica, ratificó a la dirigencia de la Asociación Rural del Uruguay (ARU) que el gobierno aplicará impuestos a los propietarios de mayores extensiones de campos, y les informó que se restringirá la venta de tierras a extranjeros.
Farm advocates fear a loosening of the acreage that can be sold to foreign investors will drive up Wisconsin farmland prices.
- Capital Times
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10 Mar 2013
Sen-Ethanol, es el nombre de un proyecto muy controvertido.Esta sociedad de capitales extranjeros y senegaleses, asociada a la Sen-Huile, otra sociedad de la cual ella es accionista y que ha obtenido la concesión de 20.000 hectáreas en agosto del 2012 por parte del Estado senegalés.
- Slate Afrique
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09 Mar 2013
La population locale, vu la faiblesse de la société civile dans les pays du Sud, a du mal à s’opposer à ce phénomène. Elle réagit surtout en documentant le processus, raconte Laurent Delcourt du Centre tricontinental de Louvain-la-Neuve (CETRI)
This paper seeks to assess the role of investment funds and sovereign wealth funds in large scale land acquisitions overseas through compiling the key findings from existing studies and publications.
La matriz de uso del agua a nivel mundial identifica a la agricultura como el mayor consumidor de este recurso, aproximadamente el 70% del agua que se extrae es empleada en los sistemas agropecuarios.
Rural land produced some of the best investment returns in Europe since the financial crisis began five years ago, appreciating by 51 percent across England
State agencies and private companies are seeking to acquire increasingly larger tracts of farmland in the hopes of enticing foreign partners.
