China

To Fortify China, Soybean Harvest Grows in Brazil
- New York Times
- 06 April 2007
China’s global scramble for natural resources is leading to a transformation of agricultural trading around the world.
Wikileaks: The great land grab
- Wikileaks
- 30 June 2006
"Economic development is spurring a land grab in broad areas of the country, and the poorest Lao are paying the price," reports the US Embassy in Vientiane
Japanese firms tap China's farming industry
- Gov.cn
- 03 June 2006
Three Japanese firms, including two on the Fortune magazine's world top 500 list, have jointly leased 100 hectares of farmland in east China's Shandong Province, to become the first foreign investors in China's farming industry.
3,000 Chinese farmers to farm abroad
- China Daily
- 18 December 2003
Hundreds of farmers in Northwest China are expected to toil the soil in the neighboring Republic of Kazakhstan next spring. "We have signed a deal with Kazakhstan to rent 7,000 hectares of land in Alakol county for use for 10 years," a local agricultural official said.
Fruitful agricultural cooperation
- China.org.cn
- 10 December 2003
In other African countries, including Ghana, South Africa and Togo, the China State Farm and Agribusiness Corporation (CSFAC) has founded 11 agricultural production, processing and sales projects, and runs a total of 16,000 hectares of farmlands