China

Like foreign bases
- PDI
- 19 July 2009
The Philippine government hopes it can sideline land reform by leasing lands to foreign governments and corporations.
"Land grabbing" : l’accaparement de terres en Afrique se poursuit
- cDurable.info
- 17 July 2009
Ouyang Riping, PDG d’une société agricole chinoise, a une mission : transformer le Sénégal en grenier à sésame… pour la Chine ! Dakar lui cède 60 000 hectares pour cultiver et exporter le sésame vers Pékin. En échange, les chinois apprennent aux paysans sénégalais à obtenir deux récoltes de riz par an. Coopération originale ou marché de dupes ?
Aumenta el interés extranjero en la compra de tierras agrícolas brasileñas
- Radioagencia NP
- 16 July 2009
Los inversionistas de Arabia Saudita y de China están cada vez más interesados en adquirir tierras agrícolas en Brasil.
Is a recolonization of Africa underway?
- New Vision
- 14 July 2009
I wonder how many other behind-the-scenes transactions are currently underway in the continent that will only be announced when the deals have been signed and perhaps money has exchanged hands.
The Chinese invasion in Latin America
- eGov Monitor
- 02 July 2009
We already see the Chinese interest in buying land in Latin America to manage a production here and, little by little, take hold of shipment logistics to China. This is both dangerous and counterproductive for Latin Americans.
Sudan will put its agricultural resources at Africa’s disposal
- Sudan Tribune
- 02 July 2009
The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir told the African Union summit in Libya that Sudan is willing to put its resources at the disposal of the continent.
The poor struggle for bargaining power in land disputes - world leaders aren't turning blind eye
- San Francisco Examiner
- 27 June 2009
When people are using lands under customary tenure arrangements, there is an inequality in bargaining power where no formal titles to the land exist if a foreign investor is interested in purchasing the land.
China’s shrinking farmland
- Perspectives
- 26 June 2009
Latin America is surely one of the most attractive places for China to invest in arable land and food industries.
Other countries could grow their own crops here
- ABC
- 25 June 2009
Greg Mason, from the Queensland Department of Primary Industries, says countries and regions facing 'peak water' like China, India and the Arab states are looking to solve food shortages by growing crops in places like the Ukraine and Australia.
India cultivates Africa
- Mail Today
- 25 June 2009
Indian firms have signed land deals in Ethiopia, Kenya and Madagascar to produce a range of food crops for export to India.
Our fear of the foreigner on the farm
- Bangkok Post
- 25 June 2009
Amid fears of land-grabbing foreigners, Thailand's Democrat government is all set to give local landlords a big bonanza.
Rabobank exec sees recovery, change for farm sector
- Reuters
- 24 June 2009
Despite criticism for Chinese efforts to acquire large-scale farmland in Africa, China is seen continuing to aggressively pursue acquisitions in other countries. says Michael Whitehead, executive director of the food and agribusiness research and advisory unit at Rabobank International.