Political parties line up to attack Government over proposed buy-up of Lochinver Station farmland by Shanghai Pengxin, the same Chinese interests that created a furore over the purchase of Crafar Farms
New Zealand should consider adopting policies similar to China's where strategic assets like farmland cannot be sold to foreign investors, only leased, a senior academic said Tuesday.
The head of New Zealand's main farming organization on Tuesday said it welcomed Chinese investment, but urged prospective buyers of farmland to understand the pressures facing New Zealand farmers.
Le Kenya a signé vendredi un contrat de 356 millions d'euros avec une entreprise publique chinoise, chargée de construire les trois premiers postes d'amarrage d'un grand port à Lamu.
Le prix des terres agricoles belges flambe par la faute d’investisseurs étrangers au secteur. Un lobby s’est créé pour sensibiliser le monde politique et enrayer la machine.
De plus en plus de terres agricoles sont achetées par diverses entreprises n'ayant aucun lien avec l'agriculture. Une forme d'accaparement des terres qui inquiète.
Minister of Agriculture confirmed, during his meeting with China's ambassador to Khartoum, the Sudanese government's commitment to providing land for agricultural investment
- Sudan Vision
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17 July 2014
New Zealand-based Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter, said that it and Abbott would invest a combined $300m in setting up a so-called "farm hub" in China, to produce "high quality dairy".
Le gouvernement chinois vient d’annoncer la mise en valeur de plus 50 millions d’hectares supplémentaires, pour subvenir aux besoins alimentaires des Chinois, d’ici à 2020, selon le Nouvel Economiste.
- Nouvel Economiste
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09 July 2014
Afin d'eviter des expropriations, le gouvernement du Tahiti a mis à disposition 320 000 m2 de terres du domaine public entre les mains de son établissement public d'aménagement TNAD qui proposera ces terres aux investisseurs chinois.
- Tahiti Infos
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23 June 2014
Farmland investments are outperforming stocks and investors are noticing, says Ding Xuedong, CEO of the China Investment Corporation
"There is a big Swiss company buying up 5 per cent of our pastoral land. Japan and Australia both have invested plenty in New Zealand land and the northern Europeans are buying farms in the South Island. But do we hear anything about that?"
