Argentina's "Soybean King" wants to copy landless production model in China
Argentina's "Soybean King" wants to copy landless production model in China
Source: Xinhua 2016-06-13 11:56:38
BUENOS AIRES, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Argentina's agribusiness giant owner Gustavo Grobocopatel, better known as the "Soybean King," said he wants to replicate his landless production model network in China.
Grobocopatel, president of his family's agroindustrial group Los Grobo, which earns 700 million U.S. dollars a year, said Argentina and China are complementary in agriproduction.
"Argentina is a food producer. With 40 million inhabitants, it produces enough food for 400 million and it can likely produce enough for 800 million people," he said during a recent interview with Xinhua.
While farming is Los Grobo's business, Grobocopatel and his family are not land owners. Instead they lease the land or work with farmers to cultivate crops, and provide financing, technical or marketing know-how, seeds or other input.
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In Colombia, too.
Oh, Christ, he thinks you want to hear him singing:
Canción al árbol del olvido (Fernán Silva Valdés, Alberto Ginastera)
Gustavo Grobocopatel
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