China

Is the Sunshine Coast at risk of losing the farm to foreign interests?

Los países latinoamericanos están recelosos ante el interés de las economías asiáticas de hacerse de tierras con recursos naturales y materias primas, destaca la firma de inversión Pablo Rión y Asociados.

The global boom in commodities has raised the profile of three Asian agribusinesses: Olam, Wilmar and Noble, all with important farmland holdings.

El mundo asiste a una vertiginosa carrera de compra de tierras fértiles, sobre todo en África y Sudamérica.

Chinese agribusiness companies Agria and New Hope Group launched a joint bid to take Agria's stake in New Zealand's PGGW to a controlling 50.01%, but Agria CEO Xie Tao said the move was not motivated to secure resources such as food.

Los Departamentos de Pastoral Social de las Diócesis de San Carlos de Bariloche expresaron su desacuerdo “con el alquiler de tierras públicas o privadas ni a grandes Pools de Siembra, sean argentinos o extranjeros, ni a provincias de un país como China”

The New Zealand Minister for Building and Construction and the Minister of Finance rejected Natural Dairy Holdings’ application to acquire Crafar Farms, the largest private family farm in New Zealand

La Nouvelle-Zélande a bloqué, mercredi, un projet controversé de rachat de grandes exploitations laitières, aujourd'hui en faillite, par un groupe coté à Hong Kong, territoire appartenant à la Chine.

South African farmers moving to neighbouring African states are not putting SA’s food security under threat, says Willie du Plessis, a director of agricultural banking at Standard Bank.

Not since Belgium's King Leopold turned the Congo into his personal market-garden has so much land been allocated to offshore nations.

El referido acuerdo dado a conocer a través del pedido del Concejo Deliberante de Viedma resume un vergonzoso "Compendio de Instrucciones" para la entrega de un territiorio argentino, para el dominio de un país extranjero.

A controversial new farms policy has led to a number of arrests and the killings of 10 local farmers, say local activists.