• China 'troca' infraestrutura por grãos na América do Sul
    • Suinocultura Industrial
    • 13 February 2012

    A China está mudando seu modelo de investimentos na agricultura da América do Sul. Diante das restrições a estrangeiros para a aquisições de terras no Brasil e na Argentina, os chineses passaram a privilegiar aportes em infraestrutura em troca do direito exclusivo de comprar a colheita.

  • Colonialismo, siglo XXI
    • El Nacional
    • 05 February 2012

    Los venezolanos no podemos ni debemos ser ajenos ni cerrar los ojos, y menos en una etapa en la cual predomina el hermetismo oficial en las negociaciones con otros países

  • China should build grain processing plants overseas, says official
    • Dow Jones
    • 02 February 2012

    China's pursuit of agricultural land overseas should be supplemented by building more grain processing facilities as part of the country's push for global expansion in the farming sector, says Chen Xiwen, general director of the Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group.

  • China plants bitter seeds in South American farmland
    • Washington Times
    • 02 February 2012

    China increasingly is buying farmland and agricultural companies in South America to feed its ever-growing population.

  • La Chine crée des remous en Nouvelle-Zélande
    • La Terre de Chez Nous
    • 30 January 2012

    L’acquisition de 16 fermes laitières (Crafar Farms) par un groupe chinois crée des remous en Nouvelle-Zélande.

  • La Nouvelle-Zélande autorise la vente de fermes laitières à la Chine
    • 24H dans le Pacifique
    • 30 January 2012

    Le gouvernement a donné son feu vert à la décision du Bureau de l’investissement à l’étranger qui recommande la vente des 16 fermes laitières Crafar à la société Shanghai Pengxin pour 150 millions de dollars.

  • Anxiety in New Zealand as Chinese buy dairy farms
    • AP
    • 27 January 2012

    Chinese investors are buying New Zealand farmland for the first time as economic ties with the Asian powerhouse grow ever deeper, sparking considerable anxiety in a country where livelihoods are heavily reliant on agriculture.

  • Chinese developer wins approval to buy 16 New Zealand farms
    • Bloomberg
    • 27 January 2012

    Shanghai Pengxin Group Co., a Chinese property developer seeking to export dairy products to Asia, won approval to buy 16 New Zealand dairy farms amid local objections to rising foreign ownership of assets.

  • Sierra Leone : Agric Ministry receives $1.2bn investment for rice and rubber productions
    • Awoko
    • 20 January 2012

    One of China’s biggest agriculture investment companies, the Hainan Co Ltd for International Economic Corporation, have announced that they have approved the sum of US$ 1,231,986,200 for the production of rubber and rice on 40,000 ha of land in Sierra Leone

  • Fay group threatens judicial review if Chinese get nod to buy farms
    • Stuff
    • 20 January 2012

    The inner workings of one of the NZ Government's most secret agencies, the Overseas Investment Office, could be blown open if it consents to a Chinese company buying the big Crafar dairy farming estate.

  • Agriculture: la Chine investit un milliard en Sierra Leone
    • AFP
    • 18 January 2012

    Un conglomérat chinois a annoncé mercredi qu'il allait investir 1,3 milliard de dollars pour développer la culture du riz et du caoutchouc en Sierra Leone, le plus gros investissement jamais réalisé dans le secteur agricole dans ce pays.

  • Tajikistan to lease farmland to Chinese
    • Central Asia Online
    • 18 January 2012

    Tajikistan says it will allow Chinese farmers to rent 200ha of southern Tajik farmland.

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