October 21st, 2023
Via Reuters, an article on Arkansas decision to order Chinese-owned seed producer Syngenta to sell US farmland: Arkansas ordered Syngenta to sell 160 acres (65 hectares) of farmland in the U.S. state within two years on Tuesday because the company is Chinese-owned, drawing a sharp rebuke from the global seeds producer. U.S. farm groups and lawmakers[…]
Read more »UAE Agribusiness In Talks To Acquire Land in Egypt
October 21st, 2023
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 »October 14th, 2023
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 »UAE Firm Inks Deal to Buy a Fifth of Zimbabwe’s Land for Carbon Credit Scheme
October 11th, 2023
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 »October 3rd, 2023
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 »Pakistan Army Trades Tanks For Tractors In Food Security Push
September 25th, 2023
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[…]
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