China

China hungers for Brazil's grain
- Global Finance
- 01 October 2018
Chinese producers in Brazil should not export soybeans to China, but chicken, says former Minister of Agriculture Roberto Rodrigues, now director of the FGV Agribusiness Center
Sierra Leone: China Hunan to cultivate 35,000 hectares of rice
- Awoko
- 26 September 2018
At a meeting between Hainan International Group and Sierra Leone's Minister of Agriculture, Joseph Ndanema, Hainan International agreed to plant 35,000 hectares of rice out of which the Group will start planting 5,000 hectares for the first phase.
Chinese investors shift agriculture practices in North
- The Nation
- 17 September 2018
Widespread contract farming for Cavendish bananas to export to China began in the North of Thailand two years ago, along with a large-scale plantation owned by a Thai-Chinese joint venture.
China reaches into Russia's Far East in hunt for crop supplies
- Bloomberg
- 04 September 2018
JBA Holdings, a joint venture involving Heilongjiang Agriculture Co. and Joyvio Group, will invest $100 million in a soybean crusher and grain port in Russia, and will lease 100,000 ha to grow wheat, corn and soybeans.
France : des paysans protestent contre l'accaparement des terres par les Chinois
- AFP
- 29 August 2018
Des militants de la Confédération paysanne manifestent à Murs, dans l'Indre, pour protester contre les rachats de parcelles par des entreprises chinoises.
Chinese to invest $500m In cotton farming
- Daily Guide Africa
- 23 August 2018
Xing Jiang Shian Yon Group Company Limited will invest $500 million in cotton farming in the Northern Region of Ghana to cultivate 20,000-100,000 hectares of cotton.
Jigawa sugar plantation takes off despite resistance
- Daily Trust
- 18 August 2018
About 12,000 hectares of land in four local government areas of the Nigerian state were reportedly taken for the sugar cane plantation project, backed by a Chinese company, which sparked off protests.
Russia offers 2.5 million acres of land to Chinese farmers, but will it ease Beijing’s soybean shortage?
- South China Morning Post
- 15 August 2018
Russia has made 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) of arable land available to foreign investors. Far East Investment and Export Agency said that several Chinese companies had already expressed an interest in the deal. But analysts are sceptical about the quality of the plots on offer.
Trade conflict is a lose-lose game
- China Daily
- 14 August 2018
Serious trade tension between two key players in global agricultural trade, China and US could bring major lose-lose outcomes for both parties and lead to a new wave of land grabs.
Organisations back Kuoy land claims
- Khmer Times
- 10 August 2018
Two organisations expressed concern over land in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia after Hengfu, sugar company based in China, in 2011 and 2016 granted Economic Land Concessions of more than 42,000 hecatres by the Cambodian government.
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day: International groups demand pullout, accountability of Chinese company in Cambodia
- PCFS
- 09 August 2018
Two global movements supporting Indigenous Kuoy communities in Cambodia submit a petition to embassies of China and Cambodia calling for the pullout and accountability of Chinese state-owned enterprise Guangdong Hengfu Group Sugar Industry Co., Ltd.
Chinese firm’s investment in banana farm approved
- Khmer Times
- 09 August 2018
Cambodian government yesterday gave green light to a Chinese-owned firm, Longmate Agriculture Co Ltd, to invest in a banana plantation in Kampot province. Three plantatios cover 5,000 hectares of land that can produce up to 14,000 tonnes of bananas according to Cambodia General Director of Agriculture.