Via The Economist, a report on how a Ukraine conflict sparked disruption in the wheat market would cause serious harm to the biggest Arab country: The biggest buyer of wheat in the world is Egypt, which will import over 13m tonnes of the grain this year. Odd, then, that the way it makes these purchases is […]
Read more »Via GuruFocus, a look at how Bill Gates has acquired over 269,000 acres of farmland, making him the largest private farmland owner in the US based on a Land Report study: Today’s world population is close to 7.9 billion people, with approximately 1 billion of those people already going hungry. The UN estimates the world […]
Read more »Via Al Monitor, an article on the Egyptian President’s decision to the president’s decision to hand over the ownership of 37 islands to the army Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a decree Jan. 25, handing over ownership of 37 islands to the Egyptian armed forces. The move includes 36 islands in the Nile River and one island […]
Read more »Via The Conversation, an article on how Brazil’s government is turning public land private, clearing the way for deforestation: Imagine that several state legislators decide that Yellowstone National Park is too big. Also imagine that, working with federal politicians, they change the law to downsize the park by a million acres, which they sell in a private […]
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