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Chinese agricultural investment in Africa: motives, actors and modalities
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015The agricultural link between China and Africa can be traced back to the late 1950s when China started to provide agricultural aid to Africa. Agricultural aid has remained an integral part of Chinese African aid and constitutes a significant component of China’s contemporary, more diversified agricultural engagement with the continent.DocumentChinese agricultural entrepreneurship in Africa: case studies in Ghana and Nigeria
SAIS China Africa Research Initiative, 2015Agriculture is an important area of Chinese economic engagement in Africa. Since the 1960s, China has provided aid, sent experts, and trained African farmers. However, there is still little empirical research on recent Chinese agribusiness investments in Africa.DocumentNeither ‘land grab’ nor ‘friendship farm:’ Chinese agricultural engagement in Angola
SAIS China Africa Research Initiative, 2015Chinese-Angolan agricultural cooperation can be divided into two phases, beginning in 2004.l n the first period, from 2004 to 2008, Chinese engagement focused on infrastructure construction. Since 2008, cooperation has centered on the development of comprehensive farm projects supported by credit from the China Development Bank.DocumentChinese agricultural engagement in Zambia: a grassroots analysis
SAIS China Africa Research Initiative, 2015Recent focus on large-scale Chinese investments in African agriculture has fueled popular misperceptions of Chinese "land grabs" and has overshadowed another unexplored-and perhaps more significant-phenomenon: the rise of medium-scale private Chinese farmers and rural entrepreneurs.DocumentChinese and Brazilian agricultural models in Mozambique. The case of the Chinese Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centre and of the Brazilian ProALIMENTOS programme
Future Agricultures Consortium, 2015China and Brazil have called increasing attention from the international community, especially in the field of development cooperation. In Africa, for instance, both countries have expanded their development activities and defined agriculture as one of the main sectors to boost mutual cooperation.DocumentEmerging seed markets: the role of Brazilian, Chinese and Indian seeds in African agriculture
Future Agricultures Consortium, 2014In recent years, three of the largest emerging powers, Brazil, China and India, have all brought about incredible agricultural revolutions and seeds have played a big part in that story. Nowadays, their seed markets are all within the world’s top ten in terms of value and their companies are eager to expand into new markets, particularly in Africa.DocumentChinese agricultural investment in Mozambique: the case of Wanbao rice farm
SAIS China Africa Research Initiative, 2014The Hubei Gaza Friendship Farm was established in 2007 in Xai-Xai, Mozambique, and has been managed by Wanbao Africa Agriculture Development Limited (WAADL), a private Chinese company, since 2011. CriticsDocumentWhat can Africa learn from China's experience in agricultural development
Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2014Recently there has been a growing interest in China’s rapid economic growth, particularly concerning the role of agriculture and its impact on poverty reduction.DocumentChina’s industrialization: overview – implications for Africa’s industrialization
Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2014Within a span of some six decades, especially the three decades after reform and opening up, China has been basically transformed from a traditional agricultural country to a modern industrialised state.DocumentNarratives of China-Africa Cooperation for Agricultural Development: New Paradigms?
Future Agricultures Consortium, 2013FAC Working Paper 53Lila BuckleyPages