Deal #4336

Location

Location #1

Spatial accuracy level
Administrative region
Location
Kursk, Kursk Oblast, Russia

Target country
Russian Federation
General info

Land area

Size under contract (leased or purchased area, in ha)
[2014] 158600
[2015] 82900
Size in operation (production, in ha)
[2014] 72700
[2015] 72502

Intention of investment

Intention of investment
Food crops, Livestock, Agriculture unspecified

Nature of the deal

Nature of the deal
Outright Purchase
Lease

Negotiation status

Negotiation status
[2005] Concluded (Contract signed)
[2017] Concluded (Contract signed)
Comment on negotiation status
several agreements, new agreement in 2017 with Volgo-DonSelkhozInvest LLC(Erneal Limited)

Implementation status

Implementation status
[2005] Startup phase (no production)
[2008] In operation (production)
[2017] In operation (production)
Comment on implementation status
Project was operational when the new investor took the land over.
Investor info

Operating company

Operating company
Volgo-DonSelkhozInvest LLC (#38395)

 

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Data sources

Data source #1

Data source type
Company sources
URL
http://www.blackearthfarming.com/where.html
File
Date
2014-04-04

Data source #2

Data source type
Media report
URL
http://www.org-info.com/company/3942114/show/founders_history
File
Date
2014-05-12

Data source #3

Data source type
Company sources
URL
http://www.blackearthfarming.com/
File

Data source #4

Data source type
Company sources
URL
https://newsclient.omxgroup.com/cdsPublic/viewDisclosure.action?disclosureId=764859&lang=en
File
Date
2017-03-23

Data source #5

Data source type
Media report
URL
http://ru.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idRUKBN15S1N0
File
Date
2017-02-13
Comment on data source
Reuters!

Data source #6

Data source type
Media report
URL
http://rusletter.com/articles/family_of_the_vice_president_of_lukoil_kukura_can_double_its_land_bank
File
Date
2017-02-13
Comment on data source
good analytics on deal

Data source #7

Data source type
Media report
URL
http://russiaprofile.org/business/a4055/print_edition/
File
Date
2006-11-15

Data source #8

Data source type
Media report
URL
https://ejatlas.org/conflict/black-earth-farming-massive-agroinvest-farming-operation-russia
File
Date
2014-06-24

Data source #9

Data source type
Company sources
URL
http://www.blackearthfarming.com/ownership.html
File
Date
2013-12-31

Data source #10

Data source type
Company sources
URL
http://www.blackearthfarming.com/history.html
File
Date
2014-04-04

Data source #11

Data source type
Media report
URL
http://ejatlas.org/conflict/black-earth-farming-massive-agroinvest-farming-operation-russia
File
Date
2014-04-07

Data source #12

Data source type
Company sources
URL
http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/ABEA-4N3O94/3151360391x0x748153/1f2ce1fe-b011-49f5-97cd-9e630262df45/BEF_2013_Annual_Report_Website.pdf
File
Date
2014-04-11

Data source #13

Data source type
Research Paper / Policy Report
URL
http://www.ltonoord.nl/sites/ltonoord.nl/files/visserspoor-jps-landgrab-2011_0.pdf
File
Date
2011-01-01

Data source #14

Data source type
Company sources
URL
http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/ABEA-4N3O94/3163271571x0x530874/d11c710d-aacf-429f-8134-64ffb5ac099a/bef_ar09_web.pdf
File
Date
2009-12-01
Local communities / indigenous peoples

How did the community react?

Community reaction
Consent
Former use

Former land owner (not by constitution)

Former land owner
Private (large-scale farm)
Community
Comment on former land owner
the company gradually bought up land shares and farm enterprises through its Russian based subsidiary Agroinvest. The land in question had been collective farmland and farmers owned it as members of joint-stock companies (http://russiaprofile.org/business/a4055/print_edition/ )

Former land use

Former land use
Commercial (large-scale) agriculture

Former land cover

Former land cover
Cropland
Marginal land
Produce info

Detailed crop, animal and mineral information

Crops area
Barley, Cereals (unspecified), Grains (unspecified), Potatoes, Sugar beet, Vegetables (unspecified), Wheat
Livestock area
Bees, Cattle, Pork
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