China

Cambodians call for ‘blood sugar’ boycott
- AFP
- 05 July 2012
An EU scheme to boost trade with developing nations is fueling land grabs in Cambodia, activists say, with thousands evicted from their property to make way for a booming sugar industry.
Les fermiers cambodgiens appellent au boycott du sucre de Tate and Lyle Sugars
- RFI
- 05 July 2012
Après deux ans de pourparlers avec Tate and Lyle Sugars, qui importe le sucre cambodgien en Europe, les communautés appellent au boycott du sucre de la marque la plus ancienne au monde.
Argentina: los gigantes chinos ya miran a Neuquén
- La Mañana
- 01 July 2012
Otro que estaría en busca de inversiones es el gobernador rionegrino Alberto Weretilneck. Concretamente, estaría evaluando retomar el proyecto de desarrollar el cultivo de soja en 200.000 hectáreas de la provincia.
$10m Argentine farming deal mulled
- China Daily
- 30 June 2012
Chongqing Grain Group Co Ltd, one of China's largest State-owned grain companies, is in talks with Molino Canuelas SA, a major agribusiness group in Argentina, about joint investments totaling $10 million in a soybean farm and dairy farms in the South American country.
Tanzania to seek China help on farming
- The Citizen
- 25 June 2012
Tanzania is planning to involve the Chinese government in its agriculture revolution strategy as well as establish value-adding small industries to boost agricultural products by local producers
Investment fears 'scaremongering', says Emerson
- The Land
- 20 June 2012
Only a fool would believe Australia's agricultural development could be funded without foreign investment from sovereign wealth funds, according to Trade Minister Craig Emerson.
High-level backing for Chinese investment in the Ord
- ABC
- 08 June 2012
Trading as Kimberley Agricultural Investments, it's understood that a Chinese investment group is interested in developing a major sugar industry in the region, as well as a meatworks capable of processing 500,000 head of cattle a year.
Growing in greener pastures
- China Daily
- 08 June 2012
With demand for food rising with China's growing population and economy, domestic companies are looking to boost investments in resource-rich foreign countries such as Brazil and Indonesia to fill the food supply gap at home.
Chinese investors buying land
- Ontario Farmer
- 07 June 2012
Canadian and Chinese governments in negotiations to set up mega dairy operations in Canada to produce milk without quota, then process it in Canada with all the product going back to China.
China eyes wide open spaces
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 31 May 2012
China would invest billions of dollars to transform vast tracts of undeveloped land in northern Australia for farming, under a plan confirmed yesterday by the federal government.
La llegada de los chinos
- BAE
- 31 May 2012
La provincia de Fujian es responsable de la avanzada asiática en los campos bonaerenses. A cambio de tener prioridad de compra sobre la cosecha instalarán un sistema de irrigación en Carmen de Patagones y Villarino. La República Popular China también se dispone a invertir en puertos y plantas de procesamiento de pescado
China seeks free path to farmland buy-up
- Weekly Times Now
- 30 May 2012
The Chinese Government is seeking less scrutiny of its Australian farm raids. Sources say the Chinese are pushing the issue as part of a planned free trade agreement with Australia.