December 12th, 2010
Via India’s Deccan Chronicle, an interesting perspective on the global land rush. As the article notes: “…A new colonialism is underway. Rich, food-importing countries are grabbing the world’s farmland for captive food production for their people. China, South Korea, Japan, as well as Saudi Arabia and the Arab states are the new colonisers. Africa, with […]
Read more »Boardroom Farmers (2): List of Farmland Investment Vehicles
December 12th, 2010
Via Big Picture Agriculture, a handy list of farmland investment vehicles from the U.S., Canada, South America, and around the world: Farmland LP (sustainable farmland in the U.S.) NGP Global Adaptation Partners (Mark Zenuk, managing director) Black River Asset Management, part of the U.S. agri-business giant Cargill (Rich Hammill, managing director) Macquarie Crop Fund — […]
Read more »November 25th, 2010
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 »Ground Truth On The Global Land Grab
November 14th, 2010
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 »November 12th, 2010
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 »Global Farmland Attracts “Impact” Investors
November 9th, 2010
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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