December 25th, 2023
Via Angop, a report on a UAE plan to invest US$30M for rice production in Angola: A business group from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has said they plan to invest roughly 30 million US dollars for rice and avocados production in Angola. The intention of the investors was expressed during a meeting Angola’s Minister […]
Read more »The Looming Land Grab For Carbon Credits
December 10th, 2023
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on how countries might soon be able to trade emission reductions with other governments, but experts warn the market is already being exploited in developing countries: One day in late October, leaders from more than a dozen towns across Liberia’s Gbi-Doru rainforest crammed into a whitewashed, tin-roofed church. […]
Read more »December 4th, 2023
Via Stateline, a look at how – as foreigners buy up American agricultural land – U.S. lawmakers want to keep certain countries out: Andy Gipson gets concerned even when American allies such as the Netherlands and Germany invest in large swaths of Mississippi’s farmland. “It just bothers me at a gut level,” he said. For Gipson, […]
Read more »Russia Woos Africa With Free Grain, Fertilizer Research Funding
November 29th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, a look at Russia’s use of free grain and subsidized agricultural-related research to generate international political support: Somalia, Burkina Faso set to receive first grain shipments Billionaire Melnichenko backs study for ex-South Africa leader Russian shipments of donated grain are due to begin landing in Africa within days, giving fresh impetus to its […]
Read more »November 22nd, 2023
Via CNN, a report that a UAE company has secured African land the size of the UK to be used to ‘offset’ the nation’s big carbon footprint: In late September, Zimbabwe’s environment minister signed away control over a staggering amount of land — almost 20% of his country — to a little-known foreign company. Blue Carbon was […]
Read more »80 Million Hectares of Additional Cropland Needed; Igniting a “Race for Prime Spots”
November 17th, 2023
Via Just Food, news of a new McKinsey report that almost 80m hectares of additional cropland will needed to sustain global food demand: An extra 70 to 80 million hectares of cropland is required in the next seven years to meet the growing demand for food and feed worldwide, according to research from McKinsey. Such […]
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