Plans of Russia’s Far Eastern Zabaikalsky region to allow Chinese firms to rent sizeable plots of land has drawn vocal protests in Russia, including a series of online petitions demanding to annul the would-be-deal.
Les Bouriates, ethnie majoritaire dans la région de Transbaïkalie, organisent des manifestations massives contre le projet de l'administration.
Las autoridades de Transbaikal pretenden arrendar 1.150 kilómetros cuadrados de terreno.
Le gouverneur de la région russe de Transbaïkalie a confirmé que le contrat avec l’entreprise chinoise Zoje Resources Investment pourrait être signé début 2016.
"La crise en Russie ? C'est une réalité. Mais c'est aussi le meilleur moment pour lancer des projets, surtout dans l'agroalimentaire," selon les investisseurs.
Zoje Resources Investment has obtained a 49-year land lease from Russia's Transbaikal regional government to develop agriculture and livestock farms on 115,000 hectares of uncultivated land.
China y Rusia (Presidentes Xi Jinping y Vladimir Putin) establecieron en Moscú el 9 de mayo (aniversario de la finalización de la Segunda Guerra Mundial) un Fondo Agrícola de Inversión con un capital de U$S 2.000 millones.
“Russia and China’s investment in agriculture will enable the development of large areas of [uncultivated] arable land on the borders between our countries,” RDIF chief Kirill Dmitriev was quoted as saying.
Vietnamese dairy firm TH True Milk will open a US$1 billion dairy in a Moscow suburb that will produces its own animal feed and breed its own cows
Kuban Agricultural Holding is in talks to sell a stake with a number of Asian funds and investment companies, including Chinese firm CIC, which is interested in Basic Element's livestock division.
“We are looking at seven projects in the farming sector. They involve mostly Chinese and a number of Arab co-investors," says head of Russia’s Direct Investment Fund.
Le projet de développement d'une ferme de gibier de 46 000 ha par l'oligarque russe Rashid Sardarov, près de Windhoek, perturbe un programme d'exploitation de fer dans la zone.
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