Ukraine

Cargill has doled out $200 million for a stake in UkrLandFarming, Ukraine’s largest agribusiness holding, in a potentially far-reaching deal that sources said would see both groups partner up in future grain exports to China and other growing markets.

Le géant américain du négoce agricole Cargill a acquis 5% du premier producteur agricole ukrainien, Ukrlandfarming, comptant accroître les exportations vers la Chine de céréales de cette ex-république soviétique aux "terres noires" très fertiles.

Stockholm-listed Agrokultura said that it had received "interest" in its Ukrainian business, which harvested 69,100 hectares of crops last year.

Interest in farming from a new class of institutional investors — including hedge, endowment, pension, private equity and sovereign wealth funds — has surged.

With vast tracts of rich, black earth but antiquated infrastructure, Ukraine is attracting interest from Chinese companies hoping to meet their nation’s growing demand for grains and meat.

A deal signed between Ukrainian and Chinese authorities last month may impact up to 3 million hectares of prime farmland in Eastern Ukraine, a space roughly the size of Belgium.

Pour l'heure, il n'est pas question de pouvoir vendre ou acheter des terres agricoles en Ukraine, une question politique explosive.

Statement published by Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps' website detailing the MOU it signed for agricultural projects in the Ukraine (with an excerpt translated to English).

Ukraine's government-controlled agricultural firm KSG Agro has denied recent Chinese media reports on an alleged agreement that would have seen China leasing 3 million hectares of Ukrainian farmland for the next 50 years.

AgroGeneration annonce que les accords définitifs sur les modalités financières et juridiques de son rapprochement avec Harmelia ont été finalisés et signés

La Chine va investir dans 3m d'hectares de terres agricoles en Ukraine, ce qui représenterait le plus vaste projet agricole mené par Pékin à l'étranger alors que le pays cherche à garantir ses approvisionnements.

Under the 50-year plan, Ukraine will initially provide China with at least 100,000 hectares - an area almost the size of Hong Kong - of high-quality farmland in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region