September 24th, 2022
Via NY Post, an article on Ron DeSantis reaction to China buyingUS farmland: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has vowed to crack down on “undue influence from rogue states” like China in response to Chinese businesses reportedly buying up large tracts of farmland. DeSantis was asked about a recent report by the National Association of Realtors which found that […]
Read more »Like Oil and Water: How Oil Palm Plantations are Squeezing Communities Dry In Asia and Africa
September 17th, 2022
Via the World Rainforest Movement, an article on how oil palm plantations are grabbing land and squeezing communities dry: There are no other commodity crops that have grown faster globally in the last decade than palm oil. Vegetable oil production increased 118 per cent in the last ten years alone, the majority of it is driven by […]
Read more »September 14th, 2022
Via The Arab Weekly, a report on a new Morocco-led project that aims to turn 52 square kilometres of unused land near the city of Dakhla into farms: Morocco is seeking investors for a $213 million agriculture project in Western Sahara irrigated by a wind-powered desalination plant. The project aims to turn 52 square kilometres of […]
Read more »Countries Growing 70% Of World’s Food Face ‘Extreme’ Heat Risk By 2045
September 9th, 2022
Via Seed Daily, a report that the world’s breadbaskets which grow 70% of the world’s food face ‘extreme’ heat risk by 2045: Blistering crop-withering temperatures that also risk the health of agricultural workers could threaten swathes of global food production by 2045 as the world warms, an industry analysis warned Thursday. Climate change is already stoking […]
Read more »September 9th, 2022
Via FruitNet.com, a report on a new Emirati investment in Indonesia: Abu Dhabi producer Elite Agro is reportedly set to invest in Subang, in Indonesia’s West Java province, according to a report from CNBC Indonesia. Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said the plan was a continuation of the growing bilateral cooperation between Indonesia and the […]
Read more »Farming Out: China’s Overseas Food Security Quest
September 4th, 2022
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at China’s overseas food security quest: Drought has plunged water levels in China to a once-in-decades low. Some Chinese cities, reliant on hydropower, are going without air conditioning as temperatures soar and residents walk on dry riverbeds. But the most catastrophic consequences could be in store for the country’s food […]
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