La France agricole encore à l'écart des appétits chinois
    La Chine est à la recherche de grandes exploitations agricoles à l'étranger à des fins d'investissement et pour assurer son autosuffisance alimentaire selon des critères qui excluent pour l'instant la plupart des pays européens dont la France.
    • Reuters
    • 21 September 2009
    Corporate farming
    During Pervez Musharraf’s time, Beijing had proposed that it be leased 2,000 acres of land for a period of 10 to 15 years with the agreement that China would make technological and financial investments in the land, invest in newer forms of seeds and other products and leave the new infrastructure to the state or the owners after the termination of the contract.
    • Dawn
    • 18 September 2009
    Glencore, China's CIC in cooperation pact
    China's $200 billion sovereign wealth fund has added privately-held commodities trader Glencore International AG, which also controls around 300,000 ha of farmland, to its roster of approved investment partners as it deepens its access to global raw material markets, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters
    • Reuters
    • 17 September 2009
    El neocolonialismo agrario amenaza con dejar sin alimentos a los países en desarrollo
    Casi 20 millones de hectáreas en África, Asia o América Latina han pasado a manos de gobiernos o inversores privados extranjeros
    • Capital News
    • 15 September 2009
    Razzia chinoise sur terres camerounaises
    Après le pétrole, les minerais, les Chinois à la conquête des terres agricoles africaines…Exemple au Cameroun
    • ARTE
    • 12 September 2009
    Farmland investment fund is seeking more than Dh1bn
    What started as a government drive to secure cheap food resource has now become a viable business model and many Gulf companies are venturing into agricultural investments to diversify their portfolios.
    • The National
    • 12 September 2009
    Pakistan: Highly questionable farmland deals
    The problem is that we will lose control. Of course, some regulatory framework will be put in place, but it will also include ceding of control over our land resource to foreigners for a yet-to-be-specified time period.
    • Business Recorder
    • 10 September 2009
    As Ilhas Maurício lideram a corrida para apossar-se de terras para arroz em Moçambique
    Ministro das Relações Exteriores das Ilhas Maurício diz que seu governo assegurou uma vasta área de terra em Moçambique para produzir arroz para seu país.
    • GRAIN
    • 03 September 2009
    Asian interest in Aussie farmland: rural rebound
    Ray White Rural chairman Paul White said there was interest in Australian rural property from Chinese, Malaysian and Indonesian investment groups, looking to secure their food supply for the future.
    • The Australian
    • 03 September 2009
    MoI to offer 7m acres of agri land to foreigners
    Pakistan's Ministry of Investment has decided to offer more than 7 million acres of farmland for long-term investment to the Emirates Investment Group and others. China and Saudi Arabia are also interested.
    • Daily Times
    • 02 September 2009
    Los nuevos dueños de la tierra
    Estados e inversores privados compiten por comprar superficies en África, Asia y Latinoamérica
    • La Vanguardia
    • 01 September 2009
    Mauritius leads land grabs for rice in Mozambique
    Mauritius has secured a large area of land in Mozambique to produce hybrid rice for export back hom through a joint venture with a Singaporean company.
    • GRAIN
    • 01 September 2009

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