N.Zealand PM warns on xenophobia against China
    New Zealanders could not afford to be "totally xenophobic" towards Chinese investment because it has brought jobs and capital into the country, Prime Minister John Key said Monday.
    • AFP
    • 30 May 2011
    Attribution de 40 mille hectares aux Saoudiens : Les populations de Boghé s’opposent au Projet.
    Lors d’une assemblée générale des délégués de 60 localités qui s’est tenue le 27 Mai 2011 au siège de l’Association Mauritanienne pour l’Auto Développement (AMAD) à Boghé les représentants des populations locales ont, dans leur écrasante majorité, exprimé leur désaccord vis-à-vis du projet d’attribution de 40.000 hectares de terres rendu public dans un avis préfectoral affiché dans les locaux de la Moughata’a.
    • CRIDEM
    • 30 May 2011
    Chongqing's Brazil deal
    The Chinese article on the deal emphasized that Chongqing citizens would get the soy oil at a very cheap price ("价格将更便宜").
    • Dim Sums
    • 29 May 2011
    Kazakh opposition calls for halt to China expansion
    Opposition activists in Kazakhstan called on the government on Saturday to stop Chinese investment in the country's natural resources, saying Beijing could be preparing a land grab in Central Asia
    • Reuters
    • 28 May 2011
    Uruguay farm saga deserves yellow card
    NZS may not have successfully introduced our farming practices to Uruguay but it managed to introduce New Zealanders' strategy of acquiring highly leveraged farm land with the intention of making a large, non-taxable capital profit on disposal.
    • NZ Herald
    • 27 May 2011
    China deve investir em agricultura, diz analista
    País possui maior reserva cambial do mundo, avaliada em US$ 3,04 trilhões
    • Agência Estado
    • 27 May 2011
    China Should Invest FX Reserves In Agriculture Abroad -Govt Researcher
    China should use its huge foreign exchange reserves to expand investment in the agricultural sector overseas, in an effort to increase domestic market supply, says researcher with government-owned economic institute.
    • Dow Jones
    • 27 May 2011
    What price NZ? Land bid tests limits
    Last week, bids closed for an 83% stake in Fonterra's biggest supplier, Dairy Holdings, which oversees 72 South Island farms. Bidders reportedly include Chinese dairy giant Bright Dairy, a pastoral fund owned by Australian investment bank Macquarie Group, British private equity firm Terra Firma. US private equity firm Carlyle Group and the Harvard Endowment Fund.
    • NZ Herald
    • 27 May 2011
    China’s interest in farmland makes Brazil uneasy
    “They are moving in,” said Carlo Lovatelli, president of the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries. “They are looking for land, looking for reliable partners. But what they would like to do is run the show alone.”
    • New York Times
    • 26 May 2011
    South Africa: Food insecurity - who will save you, the smallholder or large-scale farmer?
    Smallholding income can be far more productive for rural areas than export orientated or foreign-owned large farms because any income earned is spent in the rural area.
    • AllAfrica
    • 26 May 2011
    Uruguay president eyes tax rise for big landowners
    Uruguay's president said on Wednesday he wanted to raise taxes on the country's biggest landowners -- including Argentine-based agricultural company El Tejar and George Soros's Adecoagro -- to boost the state's share of bumper farming and forestry sector profits
    • Reuters
    • 26 May 2011
    Landgrabbing: anche la Svizzera è coinvolta.
    Panoramica delle cosietà elvetiche coinvolte nell'accparramento di terre.
    • L'OrA deLL'EReSia!
    • 26 May 2011
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