Courtesy of The Globe and Mail, a look at some of the world’s largest non-governmental agricultural investors. As the article notes: “…Global investment funds have sunk as much as $20-billion (U.S.) into farmland, last year alone they bought 111 million acres of farmland, a tenfold increase from previous years. Here are some of the biggest […]
Read more »Via The Pesticide Action Network’s GroundTruth blog, an updated look at the global land grab and what some feel is failed thinking that large-scale industrialized agricultural production and biofuel investments, as currently conceived, can ensure the environmental and developmental needs of the planet in a sustainable and equitable way. As the article notes: “…25,000 villages […]
Read more »An interesting Reuters report that farmers’ fields in Brazil and Argentina are among the most prized assets in a new global market for agricultural land that has sprung up alongside soaring commodity prices. As the article notes: “…Private equity and fund managers at a farm investing conference in Geneva named South America a top place […]
Read more »Via Reuters, an interesting article that presents the global land rush for a different perspective, namely one of an instrument of positive investment change. As the report notes: “…Investors eyeing agriculture in Africa, Latin America and other global markets are increasingly merging their pursuit of profits with a philanthropic zeal that promoters say will pay […]
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