China

Why does China own so much of Ukraine?
- WSJ
- 29 June 2022
Other countries should be careful about allowing sales of farmland to hostile powers.
The impact of unimplemented large-scale land development deals
- Front. Sustain. Food Syst.
- 27 June 2022
Article analyses the effects on local actors, their land access, land use and tenure security of a large-scale land deal in northern Laos that a Chinese company initiated but subsequently abandoned.
China firm invests $70M in mango project
- Phnom Penh Post
- 15 May 2022
Green Sea Agriculture Co Ltd's plantation currently covers a total area of 1,200 ha, and it plans to invest an additional $500 million to expand mango cultivation and export the fruit to the Chinese market on a large scale
Cómo el régimen chino devastó sus tierras y ahora las acapara alrededor del mundo
- BLes
- 09 May 2022
Resulta contradictoria la política de tierras del PCCh, dado que con las grandes falencias en el manejo de las tierras agrícolas del país a su cargo se haya volcado a comprar tierras en el extranjero.
Despite fears of foreign control, Aussies own the lion's share of agriculture
- QCL
- 28 Mar 2022
When total foreign freehold and leasehold interests are combined China has the largest holding of 2.3pc, shadowed by the United Kingdom (2.2pc), the USA (0.8pc), Netherlands 0.7pc, and Canada with 0.6pc.
China wants bananas. But why are Cambodia's banana workers getting sick?
- South China Morning Post
- 27 Mar 2022
Cambodian banana exports to China have surged in recent years, but reports abound of exploitation and endangerment across Cambodia’s banana farms.
Pakistan’s Fatima Group seals $1bn industrial deals with Saudi, Chinese companies
- Arab News
- 28 February 2022
The collaboration with Sarh Attaqnia Co and CMEC aims to unlock untapped land resources of Pakistan by bringing fallow lands under cultivation through the Corporate Agriculture Farming initiative.
Secret Acres: Foreign-owned agricultural land inaccurately tracked by government
- Investigate TV
- 26 January 2022
Despite a federal law requiring foreign transactions of agricultural land be reported to and recorded by the government, the US Department of Agriculture’s database appears to be missing significant acres of land.
Cambodia: Firm grabs slice of local banana pie with titanic $51M venture
- Phnom Penh Post
- 24 January 2022
Longfruiter Anlong Veng Oddor Meanchey Agriculture Park Co Ltd has invested $51 million in the cultivation of bananas and fruits in Anlong Veng district, Oddar Meanchey province to boost exports, especially to the Chinese market.
Minister heralds Chinese agri investments
- Phnom Penh Post
- 18 January 2022
Cambodia's Minister of Agriculture hosts meeting on agricultural cooperation with a Chinese company identified only as “Hualong”.
Lao villagers refuse to cede land for Chinese-owned banana farm
- RFA
- 04 January 2022
Villagers in southern Laos’ Saravane province are refusing to hand over community land to a planned Chinese banana farm, saying if they lose their land they will have no way to feed their families.
Tiamin establishes N18billion mega rice farm in Bauchi
- Daily Nigerian
- 16 December 2021
the farm is the largest modern farm in Nigeria with ten thousand hectares with a projection to produce 120,000 metric tons of rice per annum and other farm produce like maize.

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World Bank Land Conference 2025: Securing Land Tenure and Access for Climate Action: Moving from Awareness to Action