• Chinese firm continues to clear Koh Kong land
    • Cambodia Daily
    • 11 Mar 2014

    Union Development Group continues to bulldoze the land of Koh Kong province families. Villagers say the company is breaking with its concession agreement by planting cassava instead of building a luxury resort.

  • Shanghai Pengxin to acquire New Zealand dairy farm
    • MENAFN
    • 06 Mar 2014

    Private Chinese firm Shanghai Pengxin Group Co., Ltd. has gained regulatory approval to acquire New Zealand-based Synlait Farms with its 13 pastures and 13,000 cows.

  • Holding agropecuario chino comprará Nidera y desembarcará en el mercado local de granos
    • Infobae
    • 27 February 2014

    Es una de las cinco cerealeras más grande del mundo y muy importantes en Argentina. Aunque no hay información oficial, la operación se cerraría en u$s600 millones. El grupo asiático busca garantizare alimentos en el futuro

  • Asia's great land grab
    • RFA
    • 26 February 2014

    Rising tension over land seizures is emerging as a critical issue in Asia. An RFA special report examines the changing dynamic of Asia’s Great Land Grab.

  • Kings of concessions
    • Phnom Penh Post
    • 25 February 2014

    Vietnam and China lead the pack of foreign companies granted economic land concessions in Cambodia for agro-industrial development by a wide margin.

  • China investors eye Undabri
    • The Land
    • 17 February 2014

    Chinese buyers are in negotiations to buy another well-known south-west Queensland cropping property of 11,935 ha for more than $36 million.

  • Colonialismo del siglo XXI
    • Levante
    • 17 February 2014

    El acaparamiento de tierras fértiles en todo el mundo durante estos tiempos de crisis se acentúa entre algunas potencias mundiales como China, países del Golfo o Estados Unidos, aunque también entre multinacionales que buscan mayores beneficios.

  • Bulgarie. Les étrangers pourront continuer à acheter des terres
    • Ouest France
    • 03 February 2014

    La Cour constitutionnelle bulgare a annulé le 28 janvier 2014 une résolution parlementaire interdisant de vendre des terres à des étrangers.

  • China's ag ventures abroad choked with weeds
    • Want China Times
    • 01 February 2014

    Chinese farming businesses are facing multiple challenges in their overseas push.

  • Cambodian tribe accuses chinese of massive land grab
    • VOA
    • 28 January 2014

    A Cambodian minority group in northern Preah Vihear province is calling for the cancelation of two licenses for Chinese companies accused of grabbing thousands of hectares of land.

  • Gabon : Olam va vendre 18 millions de dollars d'actifs forestiers à des investisseurs chinois
    • Jeune Afrique
    • 27 January 2014

    Le groupe singapourien Olam va vendre une partie de ses actifs forestiers au Gabon, d'un montant de $18 millions, à un groupe d'investisseurs chinois.

  • Lao farmers confront police over land grab
    • RFA
    • 22 January 2014

    A citizen video shows a rare confrontation between authorities and villagers in Bokeo Province, Northern Laos, where villagers gathered to block construction workers from digging up their rice fields for a Chinese investor.

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