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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi calls it the “new feudalism.” Groups representing peasant farmers call it “land grabs.” The United Nations literature dispersed at this week's UN food summit in Rome calls it “direct foreign investment.”

The ministerial Forum on China-Africa Cooperation met in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, last week, attended by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and representatives of more than 300 Chinese companies.

China se comprometió a hacer todo lo posible para ayudar a los países de África a superar la pobreza y a combatir amenazas como el cambio climático, pero es acusada de querer despojar a ese continente de sus recursos naturales.

The planned expansion of plantations in the Papuan provinces of Indonesia should be immediately suspended and reviewed amid concerns over massive deforestation and widespread exploitation of local communities, environmentalists warned today.

Los capitalistas conquistan los recursos de la naturaleza mundial mediante la guerra o la compra.

Earlier this year, delegates to the annual session of China’s parliament debated a proposal to seek employment for up to 100 million Chinese in various African countries to solve two of China’s greatest challenges—food security and unemployment.

Ethiopia plans to offer 3 million hectares of land over the next two years for investors to develop large-scale commercial farms, a government official said on Thursday.

Cash-rich overseas pension funds and investors have been scouting for New Zealand dairy farm investments,

The Congolese government said it had signed similar agreements with China, Brazil and Israel.

El ministro de agricultura congoleño, Rigobert Maboundou, dijo que este acuerdo forma parte de un Plan de Acción de su Gobierno para consolidar la agricultura como un pilar de su economía y que, además de este pacto, el mayor de este tipo firmado en África, tienen otros similares con China, Brasil e Israel.

No deal was ever secured with Qatar, and China is now being eyed as a more appropriate suitor for the project.