China

UAE eyes investment in Chinese agriculture sector
- Emirates 24/7
- 12 Mar 2011
The UAE and other Gulf states in collaboration with Singapore companies are entering the Chinese agriculture market to ensure food security.
China Beidahuang planning large farmland buys overseas
- Dow Jones
- 11 Mar 2011
Beidahuang, one of the China's leading vehicles for the purchase of foreign agricultural properties, will buy 200,000 hectares of farmland overseas this year, with Latin America and South East Asia as the target areas.
Little Sheep eyes farm in New Zealand, paper says
- EJ Insight
- 11 Mar 2011
China's Little Sheep Group says it plans to build a sheep farm in New Zealand in order to increase the supply of lamb for its hot pot restaurant chain business.
Brazil sets up new roadblocks for agricultural investments – especially from China
- Wharton
- 09 Mar 2011
Brazil’s growing concerns reflect a larger rethinking on ownership of commodity production underway globally.
New Hope asks Chinese govt to stop blocking DDGS
- Reuters
- 08 Mar 2011
Company says it is "difficult to acquire land or farms overseas" but aims to set up 15 to 20 feed mills in South Asia and Central Africa over the coming five years.
La soja desembarca en la Patagonia
- Página 12
- 08 Mar 2011
Se entregarían 240 mil hectáreas para el cultivo a la empresa estatal china Heilongjiang Beidahuang. Antes de cosechar soja, el acuerdo ya cosecha críticas de parte de organizaciones comunitarias y ambientalistas.
Al wok. China saltó al tercer puesto en la inversión extranjera en la Argentina
- La Nación
- 06 Mar 2011
En 2010, China pasó de ser el 29° inversor extranjero en Argentina a ubicarse posiblemente como el tercero.
Empresa mixta China-Venezuela afianza la soberanía alimentaria
- PSUV
- 06 Mar 2011
La creación de empresa mixta entre Venezuela y China (Beidahuang), permitirá aumentar la producción de alimentos en Venezuela.
Brazil plans curbs on farmland speculators
- African Agriculture
- 06 Mar 2011
Brazil is preparing rules that will block foreign governments, state-owned companies and speculators from buying agricultural land while allowing in “genuine” private sector investors.
Sucre : Yes we canne !
- Jeune Afrique
- 02 Mar 2011
Dangote Industries, une des plus importantes compagnie du Nigéria, veut produire de la canne à sucre sur 40,000 ha au Sénégal.
Kazakh opposition leader challenges President on alleged deal with China
- RFERL
- 02 Mar 2011
A Kazakh opposition leader is urging President Nursultan Nazarbaev to confirm or deny a report about an alleged deal he made in Beijing to lease Kazakh farmland to China, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
CFK sigue a Brasil: Preocupa la compra de tierras por extranjeros
- Urgente24
- 01 Mar 2011
Cristina Fernández mencionó futuras restricciones y el caso de Brasil, que aqui se cuenta