China

Nigeria: Taraba govt, Dangote Group to establish suger factory in Lau
- Nigeria News
- 01 May 2013
"We have also approved the allocation of 20, 000 hectares of land to a Chinese company for rice production," says state governor, Alhaji Garba Umar.
China a la conquista de Africa
- ANSA
- 30 April 2013
Miles de millones para conquistar Africa. Según un informe publicado hoy en Estados Unidos, desde 2000 a 2011, China invirtió más de 75 mil millones de dólares en ese continente.
Appropriations foncières et modèles agricoles
- CIRAD
- 24 April 2013
Ce numéro spécial des Cahiers Agricultures analyse la place accordée au foncier et aux diverses formes d’agriculture dans les stratégies des Etats, des investisseurs et des communautés d’acteurs locaux.
Australia-China trade talks stalled by investment row
- Wall Street Journal
- 18 April 2013
Australia's Trade Minister Craig Emerson says plans to increase scrutiny on farmland investments would ruin any chance at all of a free-trade deal being struck with China.
Bakkavor opens Chinese factory and farm
- Just-Food
- 18 April 2013
The factory and farm are located in China's eastern Fujian and Jiangsu provinces. The farm will provide a "significant proportion" of the group's produce needs
Key discusses farmland issue in China
- NZ City
- 14 April 2013
Prime Minister John Key has told Chinese officials that foreign ownership of farmland is a sensitive issue in New Zealand.
Six porcs sur dix sont élevés en Chine
- Ouest France
- 11 April 2013
Certaines sociétés chinoises achètent ou louent des terres en Afrique et même en Europe. Pour sécuriser ses approvisionnements, la Chine a aussi recours à la contractualisation. Quatre millions de tonnes de maïs ont ainsi été réservés sur deux ans avec l’Ukraine.
Chinese land grab 'won't happen'
- Fairfax News
- 07 April 2013
China's ambassador says New Zealand has "over thought" his country's interest in acquiring land here, claiming other major farm purchases are unlikely.
Chinese businessmen slow to exploit potential for farming in Africa
- SCMP
- 31 Mar 2013
The Chinese government has long encouraged businesses to invest in agriculture abroad, and Xi Jinping's first foreign trip as president in the past week involved visits to three African countries.
BRICS grab African land and sovereignty
- Pambazuka
- 28 Mar 2013
BRICS states, except Russia, are enhancing and facilitating land grabs abroad in a way that is inconsistent with their proclamations of sustainable development, cooperation solidarity, and respect of national sovereignty.
Chinese and Brazilian cooperation with African agriculture: The case of Mozambique
- Future Agricultures
- 26 Mar 2013
Report examines Brazil’s programme to transform Mozambique’s Nacala corridor, the Chinese Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centre, and a private Chinese rice investment project in the Xai-Xai irrigation scheme.
Party cadre Zhu Zhangjin pins hopes of food security on overseas farms
- SCMP
- 24 Mar 2013
Leery of product safety in China, Zhu Zhangjin is urging farmers to invest abroad like he has