COFCO

Frente a crises de pools de siembra como de Los Grobo, empresas agroexportadoras - (ABCD, Vitarra (fusión de Bunge y Glencore), COFCO - que antes tenían los puertos para exportación, extendieron su actividad, primero al acopio, y luego al alquiler de campos bajo los esquemas del sistema financiero, que son básicamente los mismos que compraron los títulos de deuda de la Argentina.

Des recherches menées par l'ONG Public Eye révèlent que des sociétés de négoce contrôlent plus de 550 plantations couvrant quelque 2,7 millions d'hectares depuis leurs bureaux à Genève et Zoug.

China is one of the world's largest consumers of agricultural commodities such as soy and palm oil that drive deforestation globally. But it isn’t just Chinese consumption of these commodities that is helping fuel forest destruction. Global Witness new analysis sheds a spotlight on the often-overlooked role of Chinese banks as some of the biggest global financiers of deforestation.

A new report by Chain Reaction Research presents data on specific actors linked to Cerrado deforestation in 2020, including the quantified risk exposure of the largest soy traders, meatpackers, and retailers.

Mega-traders Cargill and Bunge are exporting soya from an agricultural estate in Brazil with a long record of violence, illegality, and environmental destruction, a Greenpeace International investigation has uncovered

“In the long term, South America, and the Black Sea area still have great potential in their arable land, and can play a bigger role in the global soybean supply system,” says the president of state grains trader COFCO.

COFCO Corp, China biggest agricultural products supplier by revenue, plans by 2020 to see 60 percent of its revenue contributed by overseas markets and control up to 50 million metric tons of foreign grain resources.

The prime target markets for China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp are the South and North Americas, and areas along the Black Sea in Europe.

Many large agricultural corporations, especially Italian (Cremonini, Granorolo) and Chinese (Rifa, CITIC, COFCO) have stirred up negotiations regarding the building of full-scale production facilities in Kazakhstan.

Kazakh authorities recently amended farm sector legislation allowing the country to prolong land leases for foreign investors from 10 to 25 years.

Noble Group Ltd said on Tuesday it would sell its remaining 49 percent stake in its agribusiness to China's state-owned COFCO International Ltd

China ha aceptado firmar tratados comerciales que la obligan a importar alimentos, y ha implementado políticas que favorecen el desarrollo de fincas de mayor tamaño y de inmensas corporaciones del agronegocio y la alimentación