June 30th, 2022
Via Milken Institute, review of a new book Oceans of Grain, that goes beyond the rise of American wheat to reinterpret world history as an epic of control of the flows of nutrition: You cannot not know history,” said the American architect Philip Johnson. (Though he did successfully conceal his years as a young fascist demagogue in […]
Read more »Farmland In Karabakh Being Given To Powerful Azerbaijanis
June 30th, 2022
Via Eurasianet, an article on a new investigation that has found that agricultural firms connected to powerful Azerbaijanis, including the first family, were given non-transparent contracts to develop land in Karabakh: Agricultural land in the territories Azerbaijan retook in the 2020 war with Armenia are being developed by companies connected to top government officials, a new […]
Read more »June 25th, 2022
Courtesy of The Economist, a report on how costly food and energy are fostering global unrest: “Money no longer had any value in Istanbul,” laments the narrator of “My Name is Red”, a novel by Orhan Pamuk set in the 16th century. “[B]akeries that once sold large…loaves of bread for one silver coin now baked […]
Read more »Food Nationalism Crisis Threat Looms Over Asia
June 22nd, 2022
Via Asia Times, an article on the food nationalism crisis that looms over Asia: Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr is turning Manila political tradition on its head by taking on the additional title of minister of agriculture. It’s not that Marcos, who takes office on June 30, has vast farming experience or degrees in horticulture. But […]
Read more »June 20th, 2022
Via the Hurriyet Daily News, a report on Turkey’s plan to lease farmland in foreign countries such as Venezuela and Sudan: Turkey plans to lease farmlands in several counties in Africa and Latin America to grow crops to boost agricultural production amid growing global concerns over food security. Authorities have been exploring such opportunities in 10 nations, besides Venezuela and […]
Read more »Sudan, UAE Sign MoU For Large Farm Project
June 20th, 2022
Via Farmland Grab, a report on a MoU signed between Sudan and the UAE for a large farm project: Sudan recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates for a large agricultural project linked by a road to a new port to be built on the Red Sea, the Sudanese Finance […]
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