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"We have also approved the allocation of 20, 000 hectares of land to a Chinese company for rice production," says state governor, Alhaji Garba Umar.

Miles de millones para conquistar Africa. Según un informe publicado hoy en Estados Unidos, desde 2000 a 2011, China invirtió más de 75 mil millones de dólares en ese continente.

Ce numéro spécial des Cahiers Agricultures analyse la place accordée au foncier et aux diverses formes d’agriculture dans les stratégies des Etats, des investisseurs et des communautés d’acteurs locaux.

Australia's Trade Minister Craig Emerson says plans to increase scrutiny on farmland investments would ruin any chance at all of a free-trade deal being struck with China.

The factory and farm are located in China's eastern Fujian and Jiangsu provinces. The farm will provide a "significant proportion" of the group's produce needs

Prime Minister John Key has told Chinese officials that foreign ownership of farmland is a sensitive issue in New Zealand.

Certaines sociétés chinoises achètent ou louent des terres en Afrique et même en Europe. Pour sécuriser ses approvisionnements, la Chine a aussi recours à la contractualisation. Quatre millions de tonnes de maïs ont ainsi été réservés sur deux ans avec l’Ukraine.

China's ambassador says New Zealand has "over thought" his country's interest in acquiring land here, claiming other major farm purchases are unlikely.

The Chinese government has long encouraged businesses to invest in agriculture abroad, and Xi Jinping's first foreign trip as president in the past week involved visits to three African countries.

BRICS states, except Russia, are enhancing and facilitating land grabs abroad in a way that is inconsistent with their proclamations of sustainable development, cooperation solidarity, and respect of national sovereignty.

Report examines Brazil’s programme to transform Mozambique’s Nacala corridor, the Chinese Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centre, and a private Chinese rice investment project in the Xai-Xai irrigation scheme.

Leery of product safety in China, Zhu Zhangjin is urging farmers to invest abroad like he has