Via The Interpreter, a look at how the collapse of critical hydroelectric infrastructure in Ukraine will have a devastating knock-on effects for Europe’s breadbasket: The partial destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region on 6 June represents another blow to global food security. Located on the transboundary Dnieper River, which runs from Ukraine’s northern […]
Read more »Via Jacobin, a look at how agricultural land is becoming an investment vehicle for the rich: Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t work the land on his Hawaii ranch, but he and other wealthy landowners still benefit from huge agricultural tax breaks. The scheme allows the superrich to hoard wealth at the expense of the general public. While […]
Read more »Via The Washington Post, commentary from Chef Jose Andres on why global hunger is a national security threat: Threats to U.S. national security are not just measured in missiles, armies and terrorists. Political and economic turmoil, in countries that are important to America and its allies, can also be overwhelming. That’s why fighting hunger and […]
Read more »Via Geopolitical Monitor, a detailed look at China’s food security: The issue of food security has been in the news after Xi Jinping’s recent article on agricultural self-reliance in Qiushi journal, a magazine published by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). In this article, he pointed out that the Russia-Ukraine crisis has demonstrated […]
Read more »Via Montana State Government, an announcement of a new rule prohibiting countries like China and Russia from buying farmland: Governor Greg Gianforte today prohibited the sale or lease of Montana ag land, critical infrastructure, and homes near military assets by Montana entities to foreign adversaries. “Montana will not stand idly by as foreign adversaries buy […]
Read more »Via Gateway to South America, commentary on Brazil’s ascension to the global soyabean lead: After a half-century of dominance, the U.S. is losing its edge in agriculture to a booming, high-tech Latin American powerhouse. Its secret weapon? Soyabeans. A big swath of soya-producing lands that stretch between the Andes and the Atlantic forest and from […]
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