Via Reuters, an article on UAE agribusinesses in talks to acquire land in Egypt: Emirati agribusiness Al Dahra is in talks to acquire more agricultural land in Egypt, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, in a deal that could reduce Cairo’s dependence on imports of staple crops but also reignite water use concerns. […]
Read more »Via Bloomberg, a look at how – with wars, trade bans and climate change – protecting consumers and farmers is playing a major role in politics: Whether it’s bread or onions, food has the power to make or break a country’s leadership. How nations secure their staples is looming large in elections across the world with […]
Read more »Via Middle East Eye, a report on an MOU ceding control of vast tracts of African land to a Dubai-based company with ties to the royal family: A Zimbabwe- and Dubai-based firm has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Zimbabwe that would see a fifth of the southern African country’s landmass conceded for carbon credit production. The […]
Read more »Via the South China Morning Post, a look at China’s renewed efforts to pursue agricultural self-reliance: Country racks up breakthroughs as it turbocharges efforts to guarantee sustainable food production Renewed emphasis on food security as trade relations, geopolitics get increasingly unpredictable As climate change instigates more extreme weather events, geopolitical squabbles break down international relations […]
Read more »Via Nikkei Asia, a report on how Pakistan’s sprawling military-run farms stoke backlash over armed forces’ pervasive presence: Pakistan’s army is taking over vast swaths of government-owned land to grow food but the moves are fanning concerns about the powerful military’s pervasive presence in a country facing economic collapse. The plan — two decades after […]
Read more »Via Foreign Policy, a look at how China has a fifth of the world’s population but just 9 percent of its arable land—and that bit is increasingly underwater: China is reeling from a record-breaking summer of rainfall and flooding that submerged furrows and destroyed crops, offering a window into how climate change-fueled extreme weather will complicate […]
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