Via World Politics Review, commentary on the growing threat of conflict over ocean fisheries: Last month, a U.S. Coast Guard patrol vessel off the coast of Ecuador was forced to take evasive action when a Chinese fishing boat tried to ram it to avoid being boarded and inspected. The incident highlights the growing risk for conflict over fishing […]
Read more »Via PR Newswire, an announcement of a new agreement in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, between the communities of Boghé and African Agriculture for commercial farming development and phased investment of up to $500mm on expanse of Senegal-Mauritania River valley with potential of over 500,000 hectares of arable land: African Agriculture (AAGR), a Delaware domiciled […]
Read more »Via FarmlandGrab.com, a report on how a $15b agriculture giant snapped up a $71m Australian macadamia orchard: Global agricultural investor Nuveen Natural Capital has joined a growing pool of institutional fund managers targeting Australia’s burgeoning macadamia sector, after buying one of the country’s largest orchards near Bundaberg for more than $70 million. Macadamia Enterprises, […]
Read more »Via Eco Business, commentary on link between food security and national security: Despite containing 60 per cent of the world’s uncultivated arable land, Africa has been a net food importer for decades. According to the most recent estimates, food imports are the biggest budget item for many countries across the continent. Amid surging food prices and an […]
Read more »Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, an article on how the family company of a Putin ally and former Russian agriculture minister has become one of the biggest farm operators in Ukraine: Soon after Russian tanks rolled into eastern Ukraine, three of that country’s biggest farming operators lost tracts of land equivalent to more than […]
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