Chinese company presidents met with Australian officials and company reps in Sydney to discuss ag investments, ranging from a $25 million, 20,000 ha cotton farm to a $350 million farmland purchase in Western Australia and Queensland.
About 8000 square kilometres of farmland around the world are now in Chinese hands, Chinese current affairs magazine Phoenix Weekly reports.
No evidence to support the idea that “China” was intending to create an agricultural colony in Mozambique, or make the Zambezi Valley into China’s rice bowl.
“Estamos hablando de valor agregado con hincapié en la producción sojera, de producción de aceite y elaboración de derivados de la soja, lo cual implica no solamente producción primaria sino también su industrialización”
"Western countries always say China is 'enclosing land' in Africa. In fact, China has not enclosed land in Africa; on the contrary I know that the west has enclosed a lot of land in Africa," says China's Director-General of African Affairs.
What do Peruvian fishmeal, Chilean wine and Brazilian soy beans have in common? They’re all on China’s shopping list as it steps up its agribusiness acquisitions and investments overseas to overcome considerable supply constraints at home.
New fund reflects desire in Beijing to acquire real assets, including agricultural lands, say analysts.
Un fallo del Superior Tribunal de Justicia rionegrino aceptó un amparo ambiental contra la sumatoria de concesiones del ahora ex gobernador Miguel Saiz en favor de una provincia china para producir soja en los valles medio e inferior del Río Negro.
China rechazó el día 8 jueves las acusaciones de que ha venido comprando extensas franjas de tierra en Africa, y pidió a la vez la realización de esfuerzos "concretos" por ayudar al desarrollo sostenible del sector agrícola de ese continente.
"L'Afrique est victime du néo-colonialisme agricole", a souligné le porte-parole du ministère chinois des Affaires étrangères Hong Lei. "Mais absolument pas du fait de la Chine."
"Africa is victim to agricultural neo-colonialism," says Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei. "But absolutely not from China."
Dans le cas de la Chine, il semble qu’il faille faire remonter le land grab à 1995, avec l’implantation de la Zhongkan Farm en Zambie, selon Laurent Hou.
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