Zuellig Group's Kim Campbell says company, which owns Gold Coin, one of Asia's largest feed producers, will set up a 30,000 ha corn plantation in the Philippines.

Chinese hot pot restaurant chain operator Little Sheep Group Ltd. is 20% owned by U.S. fast food giant Yum! Brands Inc.

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The state-supported Qatari company Hasat Hud has asked for “tens of thousands of acres of Treasury land” from Turkey’s Finance Ministry

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Federación Agraria denuncia inacción del estado

If he had $10 million to invest, Janney Capital Markets analyst Jonathan Feeney's strategy would be simple: "A third Hershey, a third Ralcorp and a third agricultural land in emerging markets, in Latin America specifically."

"There is something wrong with foreigners controlling millions of hectares in Africa in countries that are net importers of agricultural commodities. Promoting agricultural development in strong exporting countries like Ukraine is more sustainable in my point of view," says Charles Vilgrain, Chief Executive of AgroGeneration.

"There is something wrong with foreigners controlling millions of hectares in Africa in countries that are net importers of agricultural commodities. Promoting agricultural development in strong exporting countries like Ukraine is more sustainable in my point of view," says Charles Vilgrain, Chief Executive of AgroGeneration.

Industrial Development Corporation Research and Information Department head Jorge Maia (Photo: Duane Daws

Afficher Atlas du rachat des terres arables sur une carte plus grande

Sui Fengfu, Gerente y Presidente del consejo del Grupo Beidahuang

Presidente Chávez con delegación china

President Chavez with Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping, in 2009 (MPPRE)

Heilongjiang, China

Brazil will screen out unwelcome “sovereign investors”, or foreign government-owned entities, according to Wagner Rossi, the agriculture minister.

A man and his eco-plan: Warren Adams overlooking Valle Azul

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