Saturday, May 25, 2013

China and Brazil Agricultural Investments in Africa

Writing for Oxford University's China Africa Network, Henry Tugendhat commented on 24 April 2013 on Chinese and Brazilian agricultural investment in Africa in a piece titled "Lessons for DFID from Chinese and Brazilian Cooperation Programmes."  He pointed out that Chinese and Brazilian investors in Africa have predominantly invested in cash crops and large-scale farming.  Even when investment targets smallholders, it tends to support commercially oriented projects.