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Cargill has doled out $200 million for a stake in UkrLandFarming, Ukraine’s largest agribusiness holding, in a potentially far-reaching deal that sources said would see both groups partner up in future grain exports to China and other growing markets.

Le géant américain du négoce agricole Cargill a acquis 5% du premier producteur agricole ukrainien, Ukrlandfarming, comptant accroître les exportations vers la Chine de céréales de cette ex-république soviétique aux "terres noires" très fertiles.

The China-Africa Development Fund, the nation’s largest equity fund focused on African investments, will raise another $2 billion in 2014 to boost the continent’s agricultural and steel sectors

Privée de son pouvoir de « gendarme », la Safer (Société d’aménagement foncier et d’établissement rural) ne peut rien contre la spéculation en France. Comme à l’été 2012, lorsque le domaine viticole Gevrey-Chambertin a été vendu à un investisseur chinois.

Chinese firms already lease or control at least 600,000 hectares of land in Russia's Far East, which is equivalent to the size of a small U.S. state like Delaware.

A large Chinese investor is looking to secure a concession for 10,000 hectares of land on the Bolaven plateau in Champassak province, Laos PDR, for rice, small crops and cattle raising, according to provincial officials.

Western Australia signs agreement with Chinese-owned Kimberley Agricultural Investment on Ord Irrigation Scheme

China, el tercer país origen de inversión extranjera en el mundo, pretende cultivar más en América Latina, a pesar de las carencias que esta región arrastra en su infraestructura.

China led the reclamation of the largest abandoned rice farm in Mozambique, with the blessing of the authorities. But now the company involved is accused of land grabbing and displacing thousands.

An investor is seeking to partner with the Bunyala Irrigation Scheme to improve rice production in the area to boost food security in Kenya.

The writing is on the wall for anyone who doubts China's plans to invest billions of dollars for a big stake in WA agriculture.

BEK-Pengxin Agritech aims to have more than one million hectares of land producing food and high-end by-products from agricultural estates in each of South Africa’s provinces.