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America is seeing more and more of its most fertile land snapped up by China and other foreign buyers, yet problems with how the US tracks such data means it’s difficult to know just how much.

The site of the dispute is part of a 42,420 hectares economic land concession that was granted to the Chinese company Hengfu Group Sugar Industry in 2011.

In October 2023, Arkansas became the first US state to enforce foreign farmland ownership laws when it ordered Syngenta to sell 160 acres of farmland.

Pakistan is offering land with preferential policies, especially in areas prone to floods, as part of their efforts to support the chili industry and mitigate the impact of climate change

Local residents who were evicted from their land for a 42,000 hectare sugar cane plantation are all the more bitter now that the unprofitable and poorly financed agricultural project has collapsed.

La concession économique de 42.000 hectares a été accordée en 2011, et pour une durée de 70 ans, à cinq entreprises chinoises appartenant toutes au même conglomérat, le Hengfu Group Sugar Industry. Douze ans plus tard, les souvenirs malheureux des évictions sont plus amers que jamais pour les habitants de Preah Vihear : pas rentable et mal financé, le projet agricole a périclité.

PLAAS continues its discussion with Yan Hariong, exploring China’s ‘Going Out Policy' and its intricate linkages with other developing countries, especially in Africa

Some of Western Australia's most sought-after cattle country is set to move from Chinese to Canadian ownership in a newly struck deal.

The Pakistani side will provide land for farming and industry, labor, and other related facilities, while the Chinese side will provide technology and investment and will buy chilli from Pakistan.

L'Arkansas a ordonné mardi à Syngenta de vendre 65 hectares de terres agricoles dans l'État américain dans un délai de deux ans parce que l'entreprise est détenue par des Chinois, ce qui a suscité une vive réprimande de la part du producteur mondial de semences.

Arkansas ordered Syngenta to sell 65 hectares of farmland in the US state within two years on Tuesday because the company is Chinese-owned.

The founder of debt ladden Chinese property developer Shimao Group Holdings has put a Western Australia cattle station portfolio almost as big as Belgium on the market with an asking price of about $250 million.