China

Overseas buyers a blessing to struggling farms
- NZ Herald
- 07 October 2010
Richard Fyers, a commercial lawyer with the NZ China Trade Association, writes about the fuss made over land sales to foreigners.
African delegation encourages Turkey to lease farmland on continent
- Hurriyet
- 04 October 2010
Fallow land in Africa presents a fantastic opportunity for Turkish businesspeople involved in agriculture, a Ugandan member of a cotton delegation visiting western Turkey said Monday.
Argentina: Dieron detalles del viaje del Gobernador de Río Negro a China
- ADN
- 03 October 2010
Los acuerdos son motivados por las demandas agroalimentarias, agroindustriales y bioenergéticas de China
China courts SA’s commercial farmers
- Farmers Weekly
- 01 October 2010
The Chinese are aware that South Africa has a research problem and they know they need farming skills for the land they’re acquiring in Africa, says Dr De Jager of AgriSA.
Singapore looks to China for food security
- New York Times
- 27 September 2010
Singapore is eyeing a gigantic farming project in northeast China that could help the small, densely populated city-state diversify its food supplies, while offering export opportunities for its expertise in food safety and investment opportunities for its businesses.
Nouvelle-Zélande : réserves sur la vente de terres à des entreprises étrangères
- AFP
- 27 September 2010
Le gouverneur de la Banque centrale de Nouvelle-Zélande a émis quelques réserves lundi à propos du rachat par des entreprises étrangères, et notamment chinoises, de terres agricoles néo-zélandaises
Land grab: Africa at the mercy of investors abroad
- Asahi Shimbun
- 27 September 2010
The fact is, Madagascar agriculture must rely on foreign capital, despite the risk of problems from farmland deals, according to Masanobu Furuya of the Asahi Shimbum
Argentina: ¿Soja en Río Negro? Aluvión de capitales chinos para riego
- Impulso Baires
- 25 September 2010
Gobierno de una de las provincias de la Patagonia Argentina entrega en concesión 200.000 hectareas para la seguridad alimentaria de China, con el aval del gobierno nacional y un crédito del BID
Accaparement des terres et droit à l'alimentation
- TERRA
- 24 September 2010
"On a même vendu nos cimetières aux Chinois", s'insurge Faliry Boly, président de la plate-forme des producteurs de riz du Mali.
Fonterra eyes more farms in China
- NZ Herald
- 24 September 2010
"What China needs is safe, healthy Chinese milk and it starts all the way up stream with farming," Fonterra's CEO Andrew Ferrier said.
Fonterra moves step closer to opening 2 new China dairy farms
- Fonterra
- 17 September 2010
Fonterra today signed an agreement with the Government of Yutian County in China which formalises the final stage of due diligence on two potential Fonterra dairy farm sites.
Overseas farmland can fill empty rice bowls
- Global Times
- 12 September 2010
"I have asked the USDA if Chinese investors could buy farmland in the US and I got positive answers. In this way, Chinese grain price could escape the control of international grain enterprises," says Zheng Fengtian.