Chinese agriculture goes global
    The Chinese agricultural industry is speeding up the pace of its engagement with international agricultural markets as more policies aimed at encouraging companies to pursue "Going Out" policies are released.
    • Economic Observer
    • 13 February 2012
    Tajikistan to lease 6,000 hectares of land to China
    A controversial plan approved by Tajikistan’s Ministry of Agriculture to lease 6,000 hectares of land to China for development has been met with suspicion by some members of the country’s political opposition
    • Jamestown Foundation
    • 13 February 2012
    China 'troca' infraestrutura por grãos na América do Sul
    A China está mudando seu modelo de investimentos na agricultura da América do Sul. Diante das restrições a estrangeiros para a aquisições de terras no Brasil e na Argentina, os chineses passaram a privilegiar aportes em infraestrutura em troca do direito exclusivo de comprar a colheita.
    • Suinocultura Industrial
    • 13 February 2012
    Colonialismo, siglo XXI
    Los venezolanos no podemos ni debemos ser ajenos ni cerrar los ojos, y menos en una etapa en la cual predomina el hermetismo oficial en las negociaciones con otros países
    • El Nacional
    • 05 February 2012
    China should build grain processing plants overseas, says official
    China's pursuit of agricultural land overseas should be supplemented by building more grain processing facilities as part of the country's push for global expansion in the farming sector, says Chen Xiwen, general director of the Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group.
    • Dow Jones
    • 02 February 2012
    China plants bitter seeds in South American farmland
    China increasingly is buying farmland and agricultural companies in South America to feed its ever-growing population.
    • Washington Times
    • 02 February 2012
    La Chine crée des remous en Nouvelle-Zélande
    L’acquisition de 16 fermes laitières (Crafar Farms) par un groupe chinois crée des remous en Nouvelle-Zélande.
    • La Terre de Chez Nous
    • 30 January 2012
    La Nouvelle-Zélande autorise la vente de fermes laitières à la Chine
    Le gouvernement a donné son feu vert à la décision du Bureau de l’investissement à l’étranger qui recommande la vente des 16 fermes laitières Crafar à la société Shanghai Pengxin pour 150 millions de dollars.
    • 24H dans le Pacifique
    • 30 January 2012
    Anxiety in New Zealand as Chinese buy dairy farms
    Chinese investors are buying New Zealand farmland for the first time as economic ties with the Asian powerhouse grow ever deeper, sparking considerable anxiety in a country where livelihoods are heavily reliant on agriculture.
    • AP
    • 27 January 2012
    Chinese developer wins approval to buy 16 New Zealand farms
    Shanghai Pengxin Group Co., a Chinese property developer seeking to export dairy products to Asia, won approval to buy 16 New Zealand dairy farms amid local objections to rising foreign ownership of assets.
    • Bloomberg
    • 27 January 2012
    Sierra Leone : Agric Ministry receives $1.2bn investment for rice and rubber productions
    One of China’s biggest agriculture investment companies, the Hainan Co Ltd for International Economic Corporation, have announced that they have approved the sum of US$ 1,231,986,200 for the production of rubber and rice on 40,000 ha of land in Sierra Leone
    • Awoko
    • 20 January 2012
    Fay group threatens judicial review if Chinese get nod to buy farms
    The inner workings of one of the NZ Government's most secret agencies, the Overseas Investment Office, could be blown open if it consents to a Chinese company buying the big Crafar dairy farming estate.
    • Stuff
    • 20 January 2012

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