This document discusses China's global land investments and agricultural engagement in Africa. It notes that China's agricultural investments in Africa from 1960-1980s involved large state-owned farms operated entirely by China to produce for the host country. However, maintaining large state-owned farms proved inefficient, forcing a change in strategy. China's strategy in the 1990s became more business oriented, integrating aid with Chinese enterprises. Today, China's agricultural engagement in Africa involves technical cooperation centers, hundreds of small-medium scale farms operated by Chinese workers, and preferential loans and grants with a business-driven, non-interventionist, mutually beneficial model. However, some view China's land investments as "land grabs" while others see development opportunities, with