China's expansionist ambitions and global food

China's expansionist ambitions and global food
National Forest are expansionist ambitions on the global food market in the hunt for acquisition of agricultural land and the food manufacturing facility.
With the demand for 20% of world food fund, while China's agricultural land accounts for only 9% of global agricultural land, China is mad with problem solving "mouths to feed" for 1 , 4 billion people in the future.

In the past decades, China has gradually overcome this deficiency, by maximum exploitation of natural resources. However, so far, China's population has exploded and continues to rise, resource depletion, China at risk of unsustainable development.

Under pressure from the food, to Chinese outward to rent agricultural land, encourage agricultural enterprises abroad. The fact that the Chinese government was encouraging foreign businesses to lease agricultural land, especially in Africa and South America. In addition, Beijing also particularly encouraged state-owned banks, manufacturing companies or oil companies leasing land abroad.

In 2013 alone, China spent more than $ 12 billion for this purpose. Also in this year, the International Institute for Sustainable Development based in Canada confirmed China has 54 agricultural projects in foreign countries with a total area of 4.8 million ha.

Voice of Russia said that so far, the Chinese government has relied on the strategy of "moderate import" crops and agricultural land acquisitions in different countries.

China agricultural land rent in Australia, Oceania, South America and Russia in neighboring countries. Now Beijing is changing direction. Recently, China has bought the barn in Argentina, Brazil sugar mills, flour mills in the Central European countries and the sunflower seed processing plant in South Africa and Ukraine.

Voice of Russia also commented that China's path to food security will not be easy because "world agriculture" has long been divided. In fact, three U.S. companies ADM, Bunge, Cargill and the French company "Louis Dreyfus Holding" are controlling nearly 70% of the world grain market. Japan well ahead of China in this field as in 2007, the company "Mitsui & Co" had established "Food Empire" with personal assets on five continents.

However, China is also seeking separate directions in the area who do not have the market share.

The analyst also said that apart from "borrowed land", China also uses strategies "borrowed" sea field support for economic and military, in particular increased confidence and encourage coastal development customs.

Mai Tien Dung / People of Vietnam