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Exhibit 31.1

Certification

I, Zhan Youdai, Chief Executive Officer of Asia Green
Agriculture Corporation (the Registrant), certify that:

|1. | I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Asia
      Green Agriculture Corporation;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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|2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any
      untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
      necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
      which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
      covered by this report;                               
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|3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
      other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
      material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
      flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
      report;                                                  
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|4. | The Registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are
      responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
      procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and
      internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
      Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
  have:

(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that
material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrants disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrants internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuers most recent
fiscal quarter (the Registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Registrants internal control over financial reporting; and

|5. | The Registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have
      disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
      financial reporting, to the Registrants auditors and the audit committee
      of the Registrants board of directors (or persons performing the
      equivalent functions):
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(a) All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the Registrants ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and

(b) Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the Registrants internal control over financial
reporting.

Date: March 31, 2011

/s/ Zhan YoudaiZhan Youdai,
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

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