China

China's 'richest chicken farmer' front of brood for Moy Park
- The Telegraph
- 19 August 2017
Liu Yonghao, chairman of China’s agrichemical business New Hope has joined a brood of bidders for a £1bn takeover of Northern Irish poultry giant Moy Park.
China's COFCO forms U.S. grain supply partnership with Growmark
- Reuters
- 19 August 2017
China's state-owned COFCO International Ltd (CIL) and U.S. farm cooperative Growmark Inc will partner in a deal that gives China more direct access to the food it imports.
Lettre ouverte à Monsieur Le Président de la République de Madagascar relative au "Rendez-vous Fotoambita n°12" consacré à la Terre et au Foncier.
- 17 August 2017
Le Collectif TANY cherche des éclaircissements sur la politique du gouvernment malgache sur la vente des terrains aux étrangers
Chinese livestock firm taps up Southeast Asia
- Global meat news
- 14 August 2017
A leading Chinese livestock and meat processing firm wants to tap supply of cattle from south-east Asia, with a cattle quarantine and slaughtering hub planned for the city of Ruili, on the border with Myanmar.
West Australia: Crop downsizing for Chinese group
- West Australian
- 10 August 2017
The Beidahuang Group is rumoured to have leased out the majority of its 85,000 ha of WA farmland purchased or leased in a $200 million spending spree five years ago
Zambia, China agric co-operation in fast development mode
- Zambia Daily Mail
- 08 August 2017
Two Chinese media firms – China Agriculture Film and Television Center and Global Max Media Group – co-hosted the China Africa Agriculture Co-operation and Development Summit in Lusaka.
China approves 10 international agricultural parks
- Reuters
- 07 August 2017
China has approved plans to establish international agricultural demonstration zones in 10 countries. The projects include an agriculture technology park in Laos, Zambia dan Fiji, said agriculture ministry in a statement.
La Chine va créer des zones de démonstration agricole dans 10 pays
- Commodafrica
- 06 August 2017
Le ministère chinois de l'Agriculture a validé la création de "zones de démonstration agricole à l'international" dans 10 pays, rapporte Reuters. Objectif : accroître son influence sur le secteur agricole mondial.
Speech at the China Africa Agriculture Cooperation and Development Summit
- FMPRC
- 06 August 2017
"China will continue to encourage Chinese enterprises to invest in large-scale farming, animal husbandry, grain storage and processing in Africa," says China's Ambassador to Zambia.
Report: China’s foreign food & ag acquisitions set to increase
- AgFunder
- 03 August 2017
China is poised to have a much larger footprint in the global food supply chain in the near future, according to a new report from Rabobank. The report highlights six acquisitions from the last six years that demonstrate China’s agricultural priorities.
Chinese billionaire tried to sell Van Diemen's Land Company before buying it
- Financial review
- 02 August 2017
Even before Lu Xianfeng completed the $280 million purchase of Australia's largest dairy farm in April 2016, the Chinese billionaire was looking to sell. In a messy proposal, Mr Lu planned to offload his holding in the historic VDL to a Chinese listed vehicle he controlled.
Stained Trade
- Global Witness
- 01 August 2017
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is home to the largest remaining tropical rainforest in the Asia-Pacific region, and one of the biggest land grabs in modern history. Between 2014 and 2016, Global Witness traced a supply chain spanning some 9,000 miles from the PNG’s forests to retail shelves in the U.S.