Land and agriculture in sino-angolan relations: a study on partnership and conflict in Angola

• Autor(a) principal: Lins, Hoyêdo Nunes
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Correia Filho, Luísa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Carta Internacional (Belo Horizonte. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.cartainternacional.abri.org.br/Carta/article/view/1100

The search for natural resources stands out in the international movements of some countries, being China one of the best illustrations. The motives behind such a design of foreign policy include an interest in energy resources and agricultural products. In the areas involved, the consequences may prove problematic, basically due to disputes overessential resources. This study focuses on this issue, investigating a government partnership between China and Angola that created the company Jiangzhou, whose main activities include soybeans farming for shipment to China on a large property located in the Angolan municipality of Tchicala Cholohanga, belonging to the Huambo Province. Based mainly on field work, with data and information survey in situ and with numerous interviews – with farmers, Jiangzhou workers and members of ministries and NGOs –, the studycontextualizes this Sino-Angolan cooperation, characterizes and describes the agricultural enterprise and discusses some of its aspects, especially those related to the dispute with the native population for land and water and the conditions imposed on local workers.