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Business groups signal opposition to ban on foreign ownership of Missouri farmland
- St-Louis Post-Dispatch
- 24 January 2023
A push to ban foreign companies from owning farmland in the US state of Missouri is facing pushback from major industry groups.
Chinese textile exporter spends $120m on giant NSW cotton farm
- AFR
- 23 January 2023
The deal is the second $100 million-plus farming transaction involving offshore investors this year, highlighting the global appeal of prime Australian farmland.
Philippine seeks more investments in agribusiness from China
- PhilStar
- 08 January 2023
The Trade Secretary of the Philippines invites Chinese investors to consider the Philippines as "an investment destination for plantations and processing facilities"
Más allá de los chats de Lago Escondido: la extranjerización de la tierra en Argentina
- El Tiempo
- 09 December 2022
Un panorama de cuántos y quienes son los extranjeros que poseen territorio nacional.
Farmers of Sudan’s El Gezira Agricultural Scheme discuss unionising
- Dabanga
- 14 November 2022
Farmers in the El Gezira and El Managil Agricultural Scheme are considering forming a union to address land issues, seven years after the Farmers Union was disbanded by the Al Bashir regime in Sudan.
Citing concerns about China, states mull limits on foreign ownership of farmland
- Missouri Independent
- 11 November 2022
At least eight states in the US considered implementing a new limit on foreign control of agricultural land, and one, Indiana, passed a new law limiting new investment by foreign companies
Paine Schwartz buys up minority stake in Costa Group for $161m
- GAI
- 31 October 2022
Paine Schwartz has increased its stake in Australia’s top grower, packer, and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables and owner of several blueberry farms in China and Morocco.
Bananas, beef and gold: China’s appetite drives ‘Made in Laos’ brand, but at what cost?
- SCMP
- 30 October 2022
As soon as the rice is harvested, the corn is seeded; three months later it’s watermelons then bananas, cash crops grown year round on farms in Laos rented by Chinese investors to feed China’s insatiable appetite for fresh produce.
Les législateurs américains tirent la sonnette d’alarme après l’achat par une entreprise chinoise de terres agricoles américaines près d’une base aérienne.
- Blog du Démocrate
- 18 October 2022
L’achat de terres agricoles américaines par une société agricole chinoise, Fufeng Group, à proximité d’une base de l’US Air Force, a alarmé les sénateurs américains, qui ont écrit une lettre au Government Accountability Office soulignant les ramifications de sécurité de telles acquisitions.
The socio-environmental challenges for China’s palm oil business in Indonesia
- MAR
- 22 September 2022
Protestors accused the Chinese company PT Julong Group Indonesia of taking over local land illegally for palm oil cultivation.
Cows and chillies – the CPEC plan to revamp agriculture and livestock
- Pakistan Today
- 21 September 2022
Royal Group of China has established a laboratory in Pakistan to develop buffalo embryos of elite animals and plans to set up a buffalo dairy farm of 8,000 heads.
Angola: Minister calls for more Chinese investment
- LUSA
- 01 September 2022
Angola wants more Chinese investors to grow agricultural products in the African country that can be exported to China, says Angola’s minister for economy and planning.