Russia

Kremlin says 51% of the $9.8bn management company will be held by the Russian Federation and 49% by Chinese partners and specifies that land can only be provided to Russian companies for agricultural production.

"Our main priority in the Far East is to provide the conditions for investment in agricultural and infrastructure spheres," says Russian Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev, naming several regions near China's northeast.

Russia’s geopolitical conflicts, anemic oil prices and weakened ruble are working out rather well for the country’s biggest publicly traded farming company, which trades on the London Stock Exchange.

El Gobierno de Nicaragua ofreció cuatro millones de hectáreas disponibles del territorio nacional durante la Ronda de Negocios y Foro Mediático Rusia-América Latina, que se desarrolló el 30 de marzo en Uruguay.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is in advanced talks to buy a stake in Miner and commodity trader Glencore Plc's agricultural business, which has farming operations covering 270,000ha in Argentina, Australia, Kazakhstan, Russia and the Ukraine.

"Out of 4.9 million hectares available in the country, only one million are cultivated. The rest is waiting for the Russians and other foreign investors who are willing to come to us," says Nicaraguan Deputy Foreign Minister

Denuncian que grandes empresas agroalimentarias las están confiscando ilegalmente.

Thailand's largest meat producer to buy Russian poultry farm from Dutch firm Agro-Invest Brinky B.V. for $680 million in cash through its subsidiary CPF Netherlands, which receives a tax exemption from the Dutch government.

A 100,000-cow dairy farm is being constructed in Northeast China to supply the Russian market with milk and cheese, in what can be construed as agricultural geopolitics.

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Russian Direct Investment Fund together are going to invest $10 billion into Russian projects, including agriculture.

Novaya Gazeta critica a las autoridades por la intención de arrendar a Pekín más de 300.000 hectáreas de tierras agrícolas en Transbaikalia por un plazo de 49 años.

Les médias russes, même les plus «libéraux», et les réseaux sociaux, scandalisés, accueillent très mal la nouvelle de la location de 150.000 ha de terre à la Chine.