Courtesy of The Washington Post, an interesting article on the global farmland grab: The world’s population is soaring past 7 billion. Food prices keep spiking every few years. Freshwater supplies in plenty of areas are dwindling. A Sudanese farmer prepares his land for irrigation on the banks of the Nile River in Khartoum. (Mohamed Nureldin […]
Read more »Via My SinChew.com, a report on Liberia: Liberia is selling itself slice by slice nine years after a terrible civil conflict finally came to an end, offering valuable resources to the highest bidder even though that could kindle tension among a population that often feels it is being sold out. The chairman of the Liberia […]
Read more »Via How We Made It In Africa, an interesting article on foreign farmland acquisition in Africa: A key driver of foreign investment in land, food security is a challenge mankind has been confronted with in various times and places. Wherever human societies have developed, growing needs have led to increasing arable land. The key solution […]
Read more »Via National Geographic, a look at how grabbing land – and water – from poor people, desperate governments, and future generations threatens global food security, environmental sustainability, and local cultures in Mali: The Niger River, shown at Bartaga village, waters a vast inland delta, but officials have plans to divert much of the flows Mayor […]
Read more »Via 3Quarks Daily, a look at the convergence of land and water grabbing worldwide: Land grabbing refers to the large-scale acquisition of comparatively inexpensive agricultural land in foreign countries by foreign governments or corporations. In most cases, the acquired land is located in under-developed countries in Africa, Asia or South America, while the grabbers are […]
Read more »Via The Futurist, an interesting article from Lester Brown: Growing demand for food and fuel has put pressure on the world’s agricultural lands to produce more. Now, a trend in “land grabbing” has emerged, as wealthy countries lease or buy farms and agribusiness in poorer countries to ensure their own future supplies. The result may […]
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