Zambia

FACTBOX: Investing in Africa: Land and agriculture
- Reuters
- 07 October 2008
Soaring food prices, supply fears among import-dependent countries and rising demand for biofuels have driven up investment in agricultural land, notably in Africa.
Wikileaks: China's succotash security - Plenty of corn (including for exports to North Korea) but not enough beans
- Wikileaks
- 29 September 2008
"Jilin and other corporate entities in China are taking major steps to increase the amount of China-controlled soy plantation both in China and around the world," reports the US Consulate in Shenyang
StanChart: China's interest rising in African farms
- Reuters
- 10 September 2008
Chinese investment in Africa is expanding beyond a race to secure minerals and energy sources to put an increasing focus on agriculture, the chief executive of Standard Chartered Bank said on Wednesday.
Global food crisis: The struggle to satisfy China and India's hunger
- Der Spiegel
- 28 April 2008
With their huge populations, China and India exert an unparalleled force on world food markets. They are looking abroad as it becomes more difficult for them to be self-sufficient -- and the increasing demand often has disastrous consequences across the globe.
Fruitful agricultural cooperation
- China.org.cn
- 10 December 2003
In other African countries, including Ghana, South Africa and Togo, the China State Farm and Agribusiness Corporation (CSFAC) has founded 11 agricultural production, processing and sales projects, and runs a total of 16,000 hectares of farmlands