China

COFCO on the hunt for M&As
- China Daily
- 03 June 2016
The prime target markets for China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp are the South and North Americas, and areas along the Black Sea in Europe.
China to invest $700m in ag projects in Peru
- Fresh Plaza
- 27 May 2016
The initiative is intended to cover 40,000 hectares of land and would be located in the Arequipa region
Kazakhstan farmers riot over fears of encroachment from China
- GD
- 27 May 2016
Protesters fear that the changes would make it easier for large Chinese agribusinesses to take control of vast swaths of farmland.
Chinese mining company takes a punt on Chilean fruit production
- Fresh Fruit Portal
- 27 May 2016
Chinese company Minera Catania Verde to reinvent almost 700 hectares of land in the northern area of Copiapó for production of table grapes, blueberries and cactus pears to export to Asia.
Kazakhstan : cession de terres agricoles à la Chine
- BFM
- 26 May 2016
La population du Kazakhstan se mobilise contre un projet de réforme agraire permettant aux étrangers, notamment à la Chine, de louer des terres pour 25 ans au lieu de 10 actuellement.
Vietnamese, Thai firms to pour $4 bln into Russian dairy production
- Reuters
- 18 May 2016
State-backed Russia Direct Investment Fund announced plans on Wednesday to sign an agreement with Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Group on joint investments in the construction of a $1 billion milk and dairy complex in the Ryazan region of Russia.
Chinese investors look into agriculture potential
- Fiji Times
- 18 May 2016
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Qingdao in China is looking into Fiji's agriculture sector as a potential area of investment.
Australia's $1 billion beef boom funded by foreign investment and super
- AFR
- 16 May 2016
Australia's cattle station sector is set to reach more than $1 billion-worth of deals in less than a year, with the two biggest sources of investment being the controversial areas of foreign investment and superannuation.
Why Chinese agriculture engagement in Africa is not what it seems
- China File
- 16 May 2016
Based on new research in four African countries, Professor Ian Scoones says far from being on a land-grabbing spree in Africa, Chinese immigrant farmers and the deployment of Chinese agricultural technology and training programmes are having a positive impact.
France : Lettre ouverte au Ministère de lAgriculture
- Confédération Paysanne (Indre)
- 13 May 2016
Lettre ouverte de la la Confédération paysanne 36 concernant l'acquisition de plus de 1 700 ha de terres agricoles dans l'Indre par des entrepreneurs chinois
Pack your bags to cash in on China’s dairy demand
- Farm Weekly
- 10 May 2016
In partnership with Indonesian agribusiness Japfa and Cargill’s Black River, AustAsia has built five free stall dairy farms in the province of Shandong, plus another in Inner Mongolia, to milk 30,000 Holsteins in total.
China and Brazil in African agriculture
- World Development
- 10 May 2016
Special issue of World Development suggests a key feature of Brazilian and Chinese engagements in African agriculture is the role of state–business relations in shaping and steering development, suggesting new forms of developmentalism.