China

Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) has signed an agreement with Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture Company of China for the development of an agriculture farm bloc.

Installés dans la Haute-Sanaga depuis quatre ans, les chinois s'adonnent à la riziculture. Enquête sur une activité parrainée par les pouvoirs publics

Joint-venture farms that have China's financial and technical support are the future of China-Africa agriculture cooperation says China State Farms Agribusiness Corporation manager.

ASSOCHAM, India's apex industry body, has sent a proposal to the external affairs ministry offering to act as facilitator to help Indian farmers get farmland in Africa.

Sudan is seeking to attract at least $1bn of capital for its agricultural sector from Arab and Asian investment groups, which are turning to Africa in search of new food supplies as their governments try to manage the impact of commodity price inflation.

Vinda virtualmente do nada, a China disparou para a posição de maior investidor estrangeiro direto no Brasil este ano, com aquisições que variam de minas de ferro a vastas terras para plantio, bem como linhas de transmissão de energia.

From virtually nowhere, China has rocketed to become the biggest foreign direct investor in Brazil this year with purchases ranging from iron ore mines to vast tracts of farmland and the electricity grid.

Los 'negocios' cambian de sentido cuando la inversión es subordinada a razones estratégicas de un Estado extranjero.

"Os chineses compraram a África e estão tentando comprar o Brasil", disse o professor Delfim Netto em entrevista ao Estado de domingo. Pode haver algum exagero de linguagem, mas a preocupação é justificável.

Australia's opposition leader Tony Abbott said his Liberal-National coalition of center-right parties could revise the country's foreign investment laws if it wins power in the Aug. 21 general election.

New Zealand's Green Party has drafted a bill seeking to stop overseas buyers snapping up large tracts of NZ land. Australian farmers also fear they may have trouble coping with future food and water demands if foreign interests snap up too many of the nation's agricultural resources.

The Chinese firm COMPLANT will purchase the Jamaican government's remaining sugar assets and lease 18,000 ha of the island's cane land for 50-75 years.