Manulife Investment Management has listed nearly 20,000 hectares of prime NSW farmland, 53,227 megalitres of water rights and a mature almond orchard, which it purchased from the Harvard University endowment fund in 2020 in a deal worth more than $120 million
Nigeria’s federal government and the Niger Delta Development Commission are preparing to establish a $500 million agribusiness investment fund aimed at accelerating large-scale commercial agriculture across the Niger Delta
A US company’s pursuit of farmland in British Columbia, Canada has reignited calls for stiffer foreign ownership rules.
Les exploitations de plus de 100 hectares contrôlent 73 % de la surface agricole utile française. Leur nombre a chuté de 20 % en dix ans ; leur taille moyenne a triplé en quarante ans. À l’échelle européenne, 3 % des exploitations concentrent la moitié des surfaces cultivées.
Thousands of farmers losing their land rights in the Bas-Mangoky area of Madagascar have been protesting an 8,000 ha project funded by the African Development Bank. One is in jail for speaking out.
Depuis quelques années, des milliers de paysannes et paysans de la zone Bas-Mangoky dans la région Atsimo-Andrefana (Sud-Ouest de Madagascar) défendent leurs droits fonciers face à un projet financé par la Banque Africaine de Développement. L'une d'entre elles est incarcerée.
The Syrian Sovereign Fund and Saudi Arabia’s Al Muhaidib Group signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday in Damascus that focuses on cattle farming and dairy production in cooperation with a leading European dairy company.
"The federal government has broken its covenant with the Australian people by agreeing to turn productive farmland into a monoculture pine plantation so a foreign investment fund can tick a carbon abatement box," said TasFarmers president Nathan Cox.