In Africa, the strategy is to buy land. But in Argentina, they are forming associations that allow them to grow crops and guarantee food supplies for their population.
Contract between the Government of Cambodia and the Chinese company Heng Yue International for a 8,959 ha concession for the production of acacia and sugar cane.
Cada vez más firmas invierten en compra de tierras africanas, asiáticas e iberoamericanas
Pour faire face à une demande croissante de produits agricoles, la COFCO, première société de négoce publique chinoise, consacrera plus de 10 milliards de dollars à des fusions et acquisitions à l'étranger dans les cinq années à venir
"Because of the nation's limited agricultural resources, we have to look overseas," Jiang Hua, a COFCO board member said. The company is trying to connect China's consumer market with overseas supplies of commodities such as sugar, wheat and soybeans.
Land grabs essentially allow other regions of the world to export their food insecurity to Africa, or for Western investors to profit from a decade-long trend of steadily increasing global food prices.
Los abajo firmantes, vecinos, organizaciones y comunidades de toda las regiones de la Provincia de Río Negro, Patagonia Argentina, reunidos en asamblea para rechazar los infames "acuerdos" firmados por el Gobernador saliente, Miguel Angel Saiz, con una corporación china, y en conocimiento de similares proyectos económicos en otros lugares del país, declaramos:
Lao and Chinese businesses this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for investment in organic farming in Laos, at a cost of about US$5 million.
"Les ressortissants chinois se sont vu atribuer d'importantes parcelles de terres agricoles pour la culture du riz, du champignon et du maïs," raconte l'ambassade des Etats Unis au Cameroun dans une dépèche de Wikileaks.
Indian author and media commentator Anand Giridharadas joins this Al Jazeera programme along with Oakland Institute’s Executive Director, Anuradha Mittal, and Christine L. Adamow, Managing Director of Africa BioFuel, a US company invested in farmland in Kenya and Tanzania.
Three weeks ago, a team of Vietnamese investors and their technical advisers visited Sierra Leone to conduct feasibility studies with the aim of entering the agribusiness sector in the country.
En Patagonie, la mobilisation s’organise contre le projet d’une entreprise chinoise de cultiver 320 000 hectares de terre.
