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Cargill's private equity firm says it will set up farms in Asia where "there is a huge lack of competency in farm management practices."

Executives from the South Korean company Hyundai are negotiating with state governments for the purchase of land in Brazil, with the objective of planting and exporting soya to South Korea.

Executivos da empresa sul-coreana Hyundai negociam com governos estaduais a compra de terra no Brasil com o objetivo de plantar e exportar soja para a Coreia do Sul. 

Unfortunately, the US Senate inquiry into Goldman Sach's alleged malfeasance is unlikely to question why the company in 2008 decided to acquire ten intensive poultry farms in China's Hunan and Fujian provinces for $300 million.

After trumpeting Chinese investment in "a very large agricultural project" in the Bahamas that would be up and running by September, senior government officials are now backing off the subject.

Os chineses até tentam esconder, mas não conseguem: planejam comprar mais terras no Brasil para produzir soja e milho, como confirmou ontem Zheng Qingzhi, presidente da China National Agricultural Development Group Corporation (CNADC), uma empresa estatal que já tem investimentos agrícolas em 40 países

Chinese investors to open 1,000 hectares of rice fields in Tommo subdistrict, Mamuju regency, West Sulawesi province, Indonesia

La compagnie chinoise Chongqing Grain Group vient d’annoncer son intention d’acheter 100 000 hectares de terres arables dans l’Etat de Bahia, dans le nord-est du Brésil, afin d’y cultiver du soja pour le marché chinois.

China may set up large pork and chicken operations in Australia as it strives to keep up a burgeoning demand for meat among Chinese consumers.

A empresa estatal chinesa Chongqing Grain Group pretende investir US$ 300 milhões (R$ 525 milhões) na compra de 100 mil hectares de terra no oeste da Bahia, com o objetivo de produzir soja para o mercado brasileiro e chinês.

Chinese investors interested in cultivating Bahamian land could be interested in exporting what they produce as well as supplying the local market, the executive chairman of the Bahamas Agriculture and Industrial Corporation said yesterday.

FIDP has launched a Cambodia and Laos fund, “an extended China play” that will focus largely on agriculture, seeking to benefit from China’s desire for food security.