Multinacionales, países petroleros y fondos de inversión están comprando millones de hectáreas. El equilibrio natural, el destino de los campesinos y el futuro del planeta están en juego.
En la última década, los países en desarrollo han dejado en manos extranjeras una superficie equivalente a media Unión Europea. África es un paraíso para estos inversores.
The increasing dominance of China in Africa - industry, not agriculture. UK and US deserve greater critique.
- Rural Modernity
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08 April 2012
The Government clearly hopes the Crafar Farms' controversy will be put to bed before China's fourth-ranked leader Jia Qinglin visits Christchurch and Wellington in mid-April.
"Debido a las estrictas regulaciones en Brasil y Argentina para la compra de tierras agrícolas por parte de inversionistas extranjeros, China ha cambiado su modelo y está invirtiendo en infraestructura en lugar de tierras..."
Este fondo permitirá apoyar proyectos de infraestructura y agricultura en AL
Kenana, Sudan's biggest sugar company, is planning to raise $200 million listing a quarter of its shares in Hong Kong in December, to finance new projects.
State-owned food giant COFCO Corp is likely to pursue more overseas acquisitions of sugar companies, its Chairman Ning Gaoning said on the sidelines of the ongoing National People's Congress in Beijing Thursday.
Beidahuang State Farm Group has started to plant soybeans on 13,000 hectares of farmland in Argentina, while COFCO says it is looking for opportunities to invest in Argentina and Brazil for grains production and in Australia for sugar production.
Un agriculteur de l'est du Cameroun a contesté une décision gouvernementale l'obligeant à céder ses terres aux agriculteurs chinois.
- Quotidien Mutations
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01 Mar 2012
A farmer in eastern Cameroon has challenged a government ruling forcing him to cede his land to Chinese rice farmers.
Senator Bill Heffernan and the managing director of the Australian Agricultural Company David Farley join The Business to discuss overseas investment in Australia.
