China

Asia's hungry agribusinesses
- Barron's
- 08 January 2011
The global boom in commodities has raised the profile of three Asian agribusinesses: Olam, Wilmar and Noble, all with important farmland holdings.
Cacería de tierras fértiles
- La Voz del Interior
- 03 January 2011
El mundo asiste a una vertiginosa carrera de compra de tierras fértiles, sobre todo en África y Sudamérica.
Agria interest purely investment: chairman
- Otago Daily Times
- 26 December 2010
Chinese agribusiness companies Agria and New Hope Group launched a joint bid to take Agria's stake in New Zealand's PGGW to a controlling 50.01%, but Agria CEO Xie Tao said the move was not motivated to secure resources such as food.
Argentina: La iglesia rionegrina planteó sus críticas al proyecto de sojización con China
- AN Bariloche
- 25 December 2010
Los Departamentos de Pastoral Social de las Diócesis de San Carlos de Bariloche expresaron su desacuerdo “con el alquiler de tierras públicas o privadas ni a grandes Pools de Siembra, sean argentinos o extranjeros, ni a provincias de un país como China”
New Zealand regulator rejects Natural Dairy's acquisition
- Capital Vue
- 23 December 2010
The New Zealand Minister for Building and Construction and the Minister of Finance rejected Natural Dairy Holdings’ application to acquire Crafar Farms, the largest private family farm in New Zealand
Blocage d'un projet d'achat d'exploitations laitières par des Chinois
- La France Agricole
- 22 December 2010
La Nouvelle-Zélande a bloqué, mercredi, un projet controversé de rachat de grandes exploitations laitières, aujourd'hui en faillite, par un groupe coté à Hong Kong, territoire appartenant à la Chine.
New Great Trek ‘is no threat to SA’s food supply’
- Business Day
- 20 December 2010
South African farmers moving to neighbouring African states are not putting SA’s food security under threat, says Willie du Plessis, a director of agricultural banking at Standard Bank.
Outsourced African farming threatens to alienate locals
- The National
- 20 December 2010
Not since Belgium's King Leopold turned the Congo into his personal market-garden has so much land been allocated to offshore nations.
Río Negro, Argentina: Convenio de entrega
- Foro Permanente por una Vida Digna
- 18 December 2010
El referido acuerdo dado a conocer a través del pedido del Concejo Deliberante de Viedma resume un vergonzoso "Compendio de Instrucciones" para la entrega de un territiorio argentino, para el dominio de un país extranjero.
Land grab fears for Ethiopian rural communities
- BBC
- 15 December 2010
A controversial new farms policy has led to a number of arrests and the killings of 10 local farmers, say local activists.
How China pushed Qatar out of Sh400bn Lamu port deal
- Daily Nation
- 10 December 2010
A wikileaks cable discusses the transfer of the Lamu port deal from Qatar to China. Little word about the fate of the 40,0000 ha of farmland promised to Qatar, however.
Argentina: Investigación, China ya está presente en las 23 provincias del país
- iProfesional.com
- 02 December 2010
¿Cuál es la estrategia que fundamenta su, cada vez, mayor presencia en el país? Sencillamente son concientes de que necesitarán de recursos clave para cubrir las necesidades de un territorio que concentra el 20% de la población mundial