Kazakhstan

Agribusiness giants may become kings of farming
- Kyiv Post
- 10 June 2010
A new class of farmers is on the rise in Ukraine. Three articles about the situation with foreign investors taking control of the country's farmlands.
Saudia Arabia eyes US for ag investing, contracts
- Reuters
- 30 April 2010
Saudi Arabian investors are looking to expand their agricultural investments in the United States to secure long-term food supply because of water shortages in the desert kingdom, Saudi officials said on Thursday.
Wikileaks: Kazakhstan: Chinese land-lease deal stirs up controversy
- Wikileaks
- 22 February 2010
"Despite a December 23, 2009, Interfax press report that President Nazarbayev instructed the prosecutors to punish those who disseminate information about the sale of land to foreigners, opposition leaders have continued to advocate against the transfer of land to China," reports the US Embassy in Astana
Jordan, Kazakhstan exploring food-security venture
- Jordan Times
- 21 February 2010
Jordan and Kazakhstan are considering a joint venture to produce grain in Kazakh territories to secure the Kingdom's needs at fair prices.
South Korean farm trade group aims to set up international grain company
- Yonhap
- 11 February 2010
South Korea's state-run agriculture trading corporation says that it aims to set up an international grain purchasing and distribution company that can invest directly in foreign farms or control stakes in agricultural operations.
China looking to lease Kazakhstan land for agriculture
- EurAsia Review
- 07 February 2010
Despite government assurances, the possibility that China could possess Kazakhstani territory leaves many citizens skittish
China's global hunt for food security
- Vancouver Sun
- 03 February 2010
Many see the desire for Kazakhstani agricultural land as another tentacle of Beijing's creeping imperialism
Kazakhs protest against China's growing influence
- Reuters
- 30 January 2010
"They (the government) borrowed $13 billion from China and now they want to pay it back with our land," Bolat Abilov, a leader of the opposition party Azat, said at the rally. “No Chinese soya beans on the Kazakh land!” shouted one protester.
Kazakhs protest against China farmland lease
- BBC
- 30 January 2010
Several hundred people have gathered in the Kazakh city of Almaty to protest against what they call "Chinese expansionism".
Kazakh PM defends growing links with China
- Financial Times
- 28 December 2009
Mr Massimov said Kazakhstan was negotiating an agreement with China to fund farming projects in Kazakhstan. “We are not giving China any land. The land code forbids it. But if we have a buyer [for crops], be it China or Arabia, then let’s sell,” he said.
Glencore bond an 'opportunity', Chinese group says
- Agrimoney
- 24 December 2009
Glencore's agricultural interests include 300,000 hectares of land in Australia, Kazakhstan, Paraguay, Russia and Ukraine.
Kazakhstan not to lease China farmland but will create joint agricultural manufacture
- Kazakhstan Today
- 15 December 2009
The head of state at the last session of the Council of Foreign Investors informed that China had requested to lease 1 million hectares of Kazakh farmland for cultivation of rape and soya. According to A. Evniev, "It is not a lease, it is a question of joint manufacture. In this case, it is soya and later it will be corn and rape."