• Agriculture: la Chine investit un milliard en Sierra Leone
    • AFP
    • 18 January 2012

    Un conglomérat chinois a annoncé mercredi qu'il allait investir 1,3 milliard de dollars pour développer la culture du riz et du caoutchouc en Sierra Leone, le plus gros investissement jamais réalisé dans le secteur agricole dans ce pays.

  • Tajikistan to lease farmland to Chinese
    • Central Asia Online
    • 18 January 2012

    Tajikistan says it will allow Chinese farmers to rent 200ha of southern Tajik farmland.

  • Chinese want slice of rural Australia
    • Stock & Land
    • 17 January 2012

    Chinese company presidents met with Australian officials and company reps in Sydney to discuss ag investments, ranging from a $25 million, 20,000 ha cotton farm to a $350 million farmland purchase in ­Western ­Australia and Queensland.

  • China looks abroad to satisfy growing appetite
    • Sydney Morning Herald
    • 16 January 2012

    About 8000 square kilometres of farmland around the world are now in Chinese hands, Chinese current affairs magazine Phoenix Weekly reports.

  • "The Zambezi Valley: China's first agricultural colony?" Fiction or fact?
    • chinaafricarealstory.com
    • 12 January 2012

    No evidence to support the idea that “China” was intending to create an agricultural colony in Mozambique, or make the Zambezi Valley into China’s rice bowl.

  • Inversores chinos con la mira en el complejo sojero cordobés
    • Cadena 3
    • 11 January 2012

    “Estamos hablando de valor agregado con hincapié en la producción sojera, de producción de aceite y elaboración de derivados de la soja, lo cual implica no solamente producción primaria sino también su industrialización”

  • The records of Jeune Afrique's interview with Director-General Lu Shaye
    • FOCAC
    • 07 January 2012

    "Western countries always say China is 'enclosing land' in Africa. In fact, China has not enclosed land in Africa; on the contrary I know that the west has enclosed a lot of land in Africa," says China's Director-General of African Affairs.

  • China eyes LatAm agribusiness
    • Vox Box
    • 16 December 2011

    What do Peruvian fishmeal, Chilean wine and Brazilian soy beans have in common? They’re all on China’s shopping list as it steps up its agribusiness acquisitions and investments overseas to overcome considerable supply constraints at home.

  • China's $300 billion fund a wake-up call to U.S.
    • Reuters
    • 14 December 2011

    New fund reflects desire in Beijing to acquire real assets, including agricultural lands, say analysts.

  • Un proyecto más que chino
    • Página 12
    • 13 December 2011

    Un fallo del Superior Tribunal de Justicia rionegrino aceptó un amparo ambiental contra la sumatoria de concesiones del ahora ex gobernador Miguel Saiz en favor de una provincia china para producir soja en los valles medio e inferior del Río Negro.

  • China rechaza acusaciones de "acaparamiento de tierras" en Africa
    • Pueblo en Línea
    • 09 December 2011

    China rechazó el día 8 jueves las acusaciones de que ha venido comprando extensas franjas de tierra en Africa, y pidió a la vez la realización de esfuerzos "concretos" por ayudar al desarrollo sostenible del sector agrícola de ese continente.

  • La Chine réfute les accusations de "pillage de terres" en Afrique
    • AFP
    • 08 December 2011

    "L'Afrique est victime du néo-colonialisme agricole", a souligné le porte-parole du ministère chinois des Affaires étrangères Hong Lei. "Mais absolument pas du fait de la Chine."

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