The economic nationalism and calls for protectionism seem ironic given the fact that Fonterra itself is a large multinational, which in addition to having farms in China, has since 2002 been in partnership with global food giant Nestle in the Dairy Partners Americas.
- NZ Workers Party
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03 April 2010
Comprar tierras agrícolas, principalmente en África y América Latina, es una apuesta poco arriesgada, dado el rápido crecimiento de la población mundial a alimentar, señalan los expertos.
The most unbelievably naïve reaction to the news that a mysterious Chinese company is hoping to buy up to $1.5 billion worth of dairy farms came from Federated Farmers, which said that this is an “unintended consequence” of the NZ/China Free Trade Agreemen
"The Chinese want a secure food supply, and they're coming into New Zealand to do that, by the look of it," a local farm union official says
The China Jin Hui Mining Corporation - recently renamed Natural Dairy (NZ) Holdings - says it has agreed to buy the Crafar family farms as well as other assets including farmland, cattle, and milkpowder production plant.
A move by Madagascar's army-backed leader to nix a huge South Korean farming deal has exposed the risks of such ventures in Africa.
Ministre de l’Agriculture par intérim, Robert Dutil, ne voit pas la nécessité d’intervenir afin d’empêcher la conclusion de ventes de terres agricoles aux intérêts étrangers
Selon l'économiste Marc Urbain Proulx, les groupes chinois sont prêts à contourner la loi en faisant acheter les terres par des personnes qui résident au Québec.
The Chinese company ZTE received an allocation of approximately 10,000 hectares of land from the Ministry of Agriculture. The deal aims at boosting production of wheat and maize, state media reported.
- Sudan Tribune
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16 Mar 2010
Une transaction évaluée à plusieurs dizaines de millions de dollars est sur le point de se conclure dans une municipalité située entre Québec et Drummondville, alors que des investisseurs chinois s'apprêtent à acheter une compagnie «connue» spécialisée dans le secteur agroalimentaire ainsi que plusieurs autres propriétés.
Noble Group Ltd., the commodity supplier backed by China Investment Corp., wants to buy and build coal mines, ports and plantations to benefit from rising Asian demand, Chief Executive Officer Ricardo Leiman said.
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