China’s Rising Soybean Consumption Reshaping Western Agriculture
    Global demand for soybeans has soared in recent decades, with China leading the race. Nearly 60 percent of all soybeans entering international trade today go to China, making it far and away the world’s largest importer.
    • 08 January 2013
    Moçambique: Governo defende transferência de tecnologias no Baixo Limpopo
    O governante falava na capital provincial da Gaza durante a cerimónia de assinatura de memorandos de entendimento entre as empresas RBL e Wanbao, formalizando a concessão de cerca de 20 mil hectares de terra arável no Baixo Limpopo à companhia da China, que deverá explorar durante meio século.
    • Diario de Moçambique
    • 15 December 2012
    Accepter l'argent chinois et rester ferme: le Canada cherche l'équilibre
    Pétrole, charbon, minerais ou terres agricoles: les entreprises chinoises, à la recherche de matières premières, investissent massivement au Canada où le gouvernement cherche à ménager cette précieuse source de devises tout en marquant sa fermeté face à Pékin.
    • AFP
    • 14 December 2012
    Land conflicts in Tete and Gaza
    The NGO FONGA claims that 80,000 people will be thrown off the land by Wanbao, a Chinese company that signed a concession for 20,000 ha in Gaza Provice Mozambique for rice production.
    • Joseph Hanlon
    • 14 December 2012
    Avanza integración agrícola entre Argentina y China
    En la reunión se busca "una contraparte argentina para establecer qué tipos de alianzas o joint venture y sinergias productivas pueden llegar a establecerse con sus pares asiáticos", informó la cartera agropecuaria nacional.
    • Terra
    • 08 December 2012
    Harvesting opportunities on foreign soil
    More Chinese companies and individuals are looking for sources of growth in the rich land of Russia's Far East region.
    • China Daily
    • 04 December 2012
    Kenana to invest US$ 2 bn in five years
    Kenana Sugar Company is the head of the spear of the Sudanese project for agricultural development. While governments and Arab companies discuss strategies for the sector, the organisation plans to invest US$ 2 billion over the next five years in several expansion projects.
    • ANBA
    • 30 November 2012
    Sucre : L’Australie loue ses terres
    Les autorités d’Australie de l’Ouest vont signer le 20 novembre un bail de 50 ans avec une société immobilière de Shanghai, chargée de développer 15.200 hectares de terres agricoles.
    • Commodesk
    • 20 November 2012
    Une entreprise chinoise va exploiter des terres agricoles dans l'ouest de l'Australie
    Shanghai Zhongfu s'est vue attribuer un contrat qui va lui permettre, dans le cadre d'un bail de 50 ans, d'exploiter 15 200 hectares de riches terres agricoles, irriguées par la rivière Ord.
    • Xinhua
    • 14 November 2012
    Chinese secure northern foodbowl as row over Ord River lease continues
    Chinese property development conglomerate Shanghai Zhongfu has won the sole right to develop 15,200ha of high-value irrigated agricultural land in northern Australia..
    • The Australian
    • 14 November 2012
    Sucrerie : N-Sukala ouvre ses portes
    C’est le 3 avril 2007 que la China light industrial corporation foreign economic and technical coopération (CLETC), une société chinoise dont le siège est à Beijing, et le Mali ont signé la convention d’établissement de la N-SUKALA. La superficie totale à exploiter est de 20.000 hectares.
    • L'Essor
    • 12 November 2012
    African land grab is a myth, says China expert
    Chinese land grabs in Africa are a media myth, according to regional expert Professor Deborah Brautigam.
    • CityWire
    • 09 November 2012

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