• Boletín de la Asamblea Multisectorial por la Soberanía Territorial y Alimentaria
    • 03 June 2011

    En el marco de la resistencia impulsada por las Asambleas Multisectoriales que tienen lugar en distintos puntos de la provincia, CONVOCAMOS AL PUEBLO RIONEGRINO, único protagonista capaz de pararle la mano al saqueo y entrega de nuestro patrimonio, a generar conciencia, organización y movilización para hacer frente a este megaproyecto sojero.

  • Global food crisis: China land deal causes unease in Argentina
    • The Guardian
    • 01 June 2011

    Environmentalists in Río Negro say the Chinese arrival will mean heavy use of agrochemicals, ecological degradation and severe strain on the region's water resources. Some of the land in question is virgin forest that would be deforested.

  • Crafar farms just the start for Chinese
    • Waikato Times
    • 01 June 2011

    The chairman of New Zealand's largest dairy company has issued a warning over foreign ownership of Kiwi land.

  • China avança sobre terras e controle da produção no Brasil
    • MST
    • 30 May 2011

    O acordo de US$ 7 bilhões assinado no mês passado –para produção de 6 milhões de toneladas de soja por ano– é um dos vários fechados nas últimas semanas, enquanto a China se apressa para assegurar sua segurança alimentar e compensar sua crescente dependência de produtos agrícolas dos Estados Unidos, buscando vastas áreas do interior agrícola da América Latina.

  • N.Zealand PM warns on xenophobia against China
    • AFP
    • 30 May 2011

    New Zealanders could not afford to be "totally xenophobic" towards Chinese investment because it has brought jobs and capital into the country, Prime Minister John Key said Monday.

  • Chongqing's Brazil deal
    • Dim Sums
    • 29 May 2011

    The Chinese article on the deal emphasized that Chongqing citizens would get the soy oil at a very cheap price ("价格将更便宜").

  • Kazakh opposition calls for halt to China expansion
    • Reuters
    • 28 May 2011

    Opposition activists in Kazakhstan called on the government on Saturday to stop Chinese investment in the country's natural resources, saying Beijing could be preparing a land grab in Central Asia

  • China deve investir em agricultura, diz analista
    • Agência Estado
    • 27 May 2011

    País possui maior reserva cambial do mundo, avaliada em US$ 3,04 trilhões

  • China Should Invest FX Reserves In Agriculture Abroad -Govt Researcher
    • Dow Jones
    • 27 May 2011

    China should use its huge foreign exchange reserves to expand investment in the agricultural sector overseas, in an effort to increase domestic market supply, says researcher with government-owned economic institute.

  • China’s interest in farmland makes Brazil uneasy
    • New York Times
    • 26 May 2011

    “They are moving in,” said Carlo Lovatelli, president of the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries. “They are looking for land, looking for reliable partners. But what they would like to do is run the show alone.”

  • African land grab could lead to future water conflicts
    • New Scientist
    • 26 May 2011

    A new study into how virtual water moves around the world offers an explanation for the farmland leasing strategy, reports New Scientist

  • China's sovereign wealth fund ready to spend $6b in NZ
    • NZ Herald
    • 26 May 2011

    China's enormous sovereign wealth fund, the China Investment Corporation, may have set aside up to 1.5% or about $6 billion of its massive foreign exchange reserves to invest in New Zealand assets, including potentially dairy farms.

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