China

Chinese say farmland investments not to be feared
- 3 News
- 04 August 2011
The Chinese Embassy in Wellington wheeled out a government spokesman today in a rare move, to tell New Zealanders they have nothing to fear from Chinese farmland investments.
Plan for China to invest in agricultural business rather than buy the farm
- The Australian
- 03 August 2011
Chinese companies could be encouraged to invest in Australian agricultural businesses instead of buying up farms under a new foreign investment model based on the practice in the mining sector.
Famine : Pékin nie toute responsabilité
- Europe1/AFP
- 29 July 2011
Pékin a catégoriquement démenti vendredi avoir acheté des terres en Afrique, rejetant comme "infondées" les déclarations d'un responsable allemand selon lequel ces acquisitions présumées aggraveraient la famine qui frappe actuellement l'Ethiopie.
China rejects claims of Africa land buy-ups
- SAPA
- 29 July 2011
China rejected claims by a German official that it has been buying up land in the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa, saying the allegations are "completely unfounded" and have "ulterior motives".
VII Encuentro Nacional de Organizaciones Campesinas,Indígenas y del Campo Popular
- 29 July 2011
"el convenio firmado por el gobierno provincial con el Grupo Al-Khorayef de Arabia Saudita, que otorgará 200 mil hectáreas de la zona de El Impenetrable para un proyecto agroalimentario con destino único a ese país, pone en riesgo a 60 mil personas"
Famine: l'achat de terres par la Chine mis en cause par Berlin
- RTBF
- 28 July 2011
Le chargé des affaires africaines du gouvernement allemand, Günther Nooke, met en cause dans un entretien publié jeudi l'achat de terres par la Chine dans la famine qui touche actuellement l'Ethiopie.
Germany blames Chinese land buys for Africa drought
- AFP
- 28 July 2011
Germany's Africa policy coordinator on Thursday blamed China's practice of buying up land in the Horn of Africa for contributing to the devastating famine ravaging the region.
Rabobank report: China's increasing investments in South American agribusiness
- Rabobank
- 28 July 2011
Banned from buying land outright, Chinese investors have changed their model to one in which deals are structured as infrastructure investments in exchange for crop offtake, rather than direct investment into farmland.
Asamblea Multisectorial por la Soberanía Territorial y Alimentaria
- Agencia Periodística Patagónica
- 18 July 2011
En el marco de las Asambleas Multisectoriales por la Soberanía Territorial y Alimentaria, interpusieron formal Acción de Amparo ante el Juez del Superior Tribunal de Justicia de la Provincia de Río Negro.
Des opérateurs économiques chinois veulent investir dans le palmier à huile au Bénin
- APA
- 18 July 2011
Des hommes d’affaires chinois veulent investir dans la production de la filière du palmier à huile au Bénin, en exploitant une superficie d’au moins 10 000 hectares
No es (sólo) China
- La Jornada
- 17 July 2011
Pero no sólo es China. De nuevo GRAIN presenta datos que me parecen deben ser conocidos. “Entre los mayores inversionistas que buscan sacar provecho –dice su informe– se encuentran los fondos de pensiones, con miles de millones de dólares invertidos
Chinese entrepreneurs to invest in Benin palm oil production
- Bloomberg
- 16 July 2011
Benin has vast untapped lands that could be used to produce palm oil and increase the output of agricultural products, the state-owned Office de Radiodiffusion et Television reported today, citing Geng Wenbing, Chinese ambassador to Benin.