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Karuturi incurs $15 mn loss as floods ravage maize crop in Ethiopia
- Business Standard
- 05 October 2011
Karuturi in a statement said the floods had affected its maize crop in over 12,000 hectares of land that has been leased to them.
Report plays up challenges in agriculture investment abroad
- Saudi Gazette
- 05 October 2011
There are a number of problems hindering an efficient implementation of the King Abdullah Initiative for Saudi Agricultural Investment Abroad, according to a Ministry of Commerce and Industry report.
World Agriculture Investment Overview: Expert Insights
- FC Business Intelligence
- 05 October 2011
Synthesis report from the World Agriculture Investment Conference, London, UK, 4-5 October.
BrasilAgro turns from farmland buyer to seller
- Agrimoney
- 05 October 2011
BrasilAgro, which amassed some 170,000 hectares of land in less than four years, has turned seller, disposing of the first property which it bought for a price 10% higher than the start of the year.
The Responsible Investor’s Guide to Commodities
- onValues
- 05 October 2011
onValues has released "The Responsible Investor's Guide to Commodities", a report aimed to help institutional investors navigate the environmental, social and governance challenges of commodities-related investments, including farmland.
Bonduelle veut accélérer son développement en Russie
- AFP
- 05 October 2011
Le groupe français Bonduelle, spécialisé dans les légumes en conserve et surgelés, a annoncé mardi son projet d'acheter une usine et de reprendre des terres agricoles en Russie, appartenant au groupe coopératif français Cecab
Morgan bet farm in Ukraine before bailout
- Bloomberg
- 05 October 2011
Bloomberg's Alan Katz reports on Morgan Stanley's farming venture on the steppes of Ukraine which it abandoned in July 2009. The failed gamble demonstrates how Wall Street firms, in the last gasp of a debt-fueled bull market, strayed further from their traditional businesses to embrace diverse projects with unfamiliar risks.
Land appeals as safe haven
- Progressive Farmer
- 04 October 2011
In Brazil, government surveys found foreigners owned 10% of the nation's cultivated land. Much of that was funds with international backing in London or New York.
World's rich nurture returns from forests and farms
- Reuters
- 04 October 2011
A small but growing number of the world's wealthy are shoring up their portfolios with investments in forestry and farmland in an effort to take the sting from losses in more traditional assets as the financial crisis trundles on.
L'UE doit mettre en cohérence l'ensemble de ses politiques avec les objectifs de développement
- Politique Digitale France
- 04 October 2011
"Il convient de faire cesser la spéculation sur les terres et les matières premières agricoles en proposant un moratoire sur l’accaparement des terres arables agricoles dans les régions touchées par la famine," déclare Eva Joly
Sénégal : Réportage vidéo de la marche de Fanaye contre l'accaparement des terres
- Pronat TV
- 04 October 2011
Grande rassemblement contre le projet du groupe italien Senhuile SA pour l’exploitation de 20 mille hectares de graines de tournesols dans la communauté rurale de Fanaye.
Looking for farmland in Tanzania? Try the Prisons Service
- HowWeMadeItInAfrica
- 04 October 2011
It has been reported that the Tanzania Investment Centre has partnered with the country's prison service to market the latter’s 130,000 hectares of land to investors.
Public hearing: Food security
- European Parliament
- 04 October 2011
With famine hitting the horn of Africa, the European Parliament holds a full-day hearing on food security challenges in developing countries, looking at EU policies, sustainable farming, commodity speculation, land grab and other key food-related issues.
Cargill unit offers to buy 28% of AgriNurture
- Manila Standard
- 04 October 2011
Black River Capital Partners Fund (Food) LP, a fund managed by the private equity arm of US agribusiness and trading giant Cargill, has offered to acquire 28.11 percent of Philippine fruit and vegetable grower AgriNurture Inc. for $30.4 million.
New CDC investment to support African agribusiness
- CDC
- 03 October 2011
CDC, the UK’s development finance institution, today announced a US$20m investment in farming businesses in Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Uganda