CMIA seeks to work with China’s farmers
Investment in China's agricultural sector is not easy. While the central government is keen on reform and consolidation – with a long-term view to leveraging the economies of scale that characterize farming in the West – progress is held back by land tenure issues. Land, divided into small plots on a household-by-household basis, is the only real asset of many of the 700 million people who reside in rural areas, beyond the reach of the welfare state. Take it away and you take away their livelihoods.
Foreign investors bring capital, equipment and expertise, but they must tread a fine line between central government policy, local government agendas and farmers' needs. Nevertheless, Chinese agriculture...
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