China’s Agricultural Investments
Agricultural Investment in Africa
A Source of Concern?
By Jean-Raphaël Chaponnière, Jean-Jacques Gabas, Zheng QiEnglish
Agribusiness trade between China and Africa has increased since 2000. However, except for cotton, it remains limited in comparison with other sectors, notably manufacturing. Chinese foreign aid and agricultural investments also remain limited, as best can be determined, although they too have increased since the mid-2000s and now primarily center on internal national and regional African markets and less so on international export markets. These investments—whether public or private–should be monitored as they form part of China’s foreign aid strategy, which looks far beyond farming.
Keywords
- China
- agribusiness trade
- foreign aid
- markets
- cotton