• Chinese firms rush into Cambodian farming
    • Global Times
    • 09 October 2016

    Chinese investors are rushing to invest in agriculture in Cambodia, drawn by ideal farming conditions and the sound relationship between the two countries.

  • Chinese group seeking 10,000 hectares for cacao
    • Business World
    • 05 October 2016

    A group of Chinese investors has tapped the Cacao Industry Development Association of Mindanao, Inc. (CIDAMI) to help obtain a 10,000-hectare (ha) area for development into a cacao plantation.

  • Officials inspect banana plantation after workers fall ill
    • Vietiane Times
    • 29 September 2016

    Vientiane officials went to observe operations at a 40,000-hectare Chinese-owned banana plantation in Pakngum district yesterday after five workers fell ill from pesticide exposure.

  • Foreign land register: Do the figures stand up to scrutiny?
    • Beef Central
    • 28 September 2016

    Since the day it was released, the accuracy of the Australian government’s Foreign Owned Agricultural Land Register has come into question, with rural industry stakeholders disputing the amount of land actually held by Chinese interests

  • Food supply fears spark China land grab
    • Climate News Network
    • 26 September 2016

    With the impacts of climate change threatening food supply as population grows, China is buying land on other continents to grow more crops.

  • MoU signed to help Chinese agriculture go global
    • china.org.cn
    • 21 September 2016

    The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) signed a memorandum of understanding on strengthening a partnership to help the Chinese agriculture industry go global in Beijing on Tuesday. China has invested a total of US$7.18 billion in overseas agricultural projects.

  • China’s Rifa pays $55m to beef up its NSW estate
    • Farm Weekly
    • 21 September 2016

    In its second swoop on prime northern NSW cattle country this year, Chinese-owned pastoral business, Rifa Salutary, has snapped up another two aggregations for an estimated $55 million.

  • China interested in agricultural investment in Kalimantan
    • The Jakarta Post
    • 20 September 2016

    China has expressed its interest in bringing its private firms to invest in agriculture in areas in the border region of Kalimantan, Indonesia, a top official said on Monday.

  • Chinese investors are buying up French farmland
    • Marketplace
    • 19 September 2016

    In the Berry, the heart of French cereal farming in the center of the country, Chinese buyers have been purchasing farmland in order to assure food supplies for their growing population.

  • Australie : les Britanniques possèdent plus de terres agricoles que les Chinois
    • France Info
    • 10 September 2016

    Le gouvernement australien vient de rendre public son registre des exploitations agricoles. Surprise : ce ne sont pas des groupes chinois qui possèdent le plus de terres, mais des investisseurs britanniques et américains.

  • Une compagnie chinoise investira 8 millions de $ dans la production de maïs au Nigéria
    • Agence Ecofin
    • 31 August 2016

    Au Nigéria, le chinois Wuhan Longfecund Agricultural Development Company Ltd a annoncé son intention d’installer une ferme de production de maïs dans l’Etat de Cross River.

  • WA cattle on Chinese menu for Gina RInehart
    • West Australian
    • 30 August 2016

    The Chinese company joining forces with Gina Rinehart to buy the Kidman cattle empire has one hurdle to clear in a separate deal to secure a cluster of stations in the Goldfields.

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