Farmers in Argentina are facing competition from foreign firms that want to buy up land to plant crops.<br /><br />In the southern Patagonia region, China's Beidahuang food company plans to lease over 300 thousand hectares of land to grow genetically modified soya, corn and other crops.<br /><br />The Chinese have also agreed to invest in infrastructure and to rebuild the badly damaged water irrigation system in the area.<br /><br />But locals are worried about the environmental damage that comes with the excessive use of agrochemicals involved in large scale farming.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo reports from Rio Negro.
