China

Malawi government tells Chinese investors it is halfway through a process to identify 10,000 estates lying idle that can be opened up for commercial farming.

Australia has granted a three-year extension for a Chinese company to reduce its 80 percent stake in Australian cotton farm Cubbie Station after it indicated it could not meet the October 2015 deadline.

L’achat de plusieurs exploitations dans l’Indre par un groupe chinois préoccupe les pouvoirs publics. En France, il est impossible de dire précisément à qui appartiennent les terres agricoles.

« Le vrai problème, c’est qu’une poignée de gens accaparent autant de surfaces. Que ce soit des Chinois ou des Français. C’est un modèle d’agriculture sans paysan. »

While there is near consensus that foreigners should not have the right to own farmland in Kazakhstan, opinions are deeply divided on the issue of granting leases to foreigners.

Les chinois se lancent dans l'acquisition de cultures céréalières en France. Rencontre avec un agriculteur qui se mobilise pour alerter les autorités des menaces de ces investissements.

Ethiopia’s development of Chinese-backed sugar plants in the country’s south, part of a plan to become one of the world’s top 10 exporters, is struggling because of a lack of funding and technical expertise, a research group said.

From late April to late May several public events were attended by between 1,000 and 2,000 people across the country

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.

The initiative is intended to cover 40,000 hectares of land and would be located in the Arequipa region

Protesters fear that the changes would make it easier for large Chinese agribusinesses to take control of vast swaths of farmland.

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.