September 14th, 2022
Via The Arab Weekly, a report on a new Morocco-led project that aims to turn 52 square kilometres of unused land near the city of Dakhla into farms: Morocco is seeking investors for a $213 million agriculture project in Western Sahara irrigated by a wind-powered desalination plant. The project aims to turn 52 square kilometres of[…]
Read more »Countries Growing 70% Of World’s Food Face ‘Extreme’ Heat Risk By 2045
September 9th, 2022
Via Seed Daily, a report that the world’s breadbaskets which grow 70% of the world’s food face ‘extreme’ heat risk by 2045: Blistering crop-withering temperatures that also risk the health of agricultural workers could threaten swathes of global food production by 2045 as the world warms, an industry analysis warned Thursday. Climate change is already stoking[…]
Read more »September 9th, 2022
Via FruitNet.com, a report on a new Emirati investment in Indonesia: Abu Dhabi producer Elite Agro is reportedly set to invest in Subang, in Indonesia’s West Java province, according to a report from CNBC Indonesia. Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said the plan was a continuation of the growing bilateral cooperation between Indonesia and the[…]
Read more »Farming Out: China’s Overseas Food Security Quest
September 4th, 2022
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at China’s overseas food security quest: Drought has plunged water levels in China to a once-in-decades low. Some Chinese cities, reliant on hydropower, are going without air conditioning as temperatures soar and residents walk on dry riverbeds. But the most catastrophic consequences could be in store for the country’s food[…]
Read more »September 2nd, 2022
Courtesy of the New Yorker, an interesting look at the growing number of Alaskan farms, where climate change is helping turn frozen ground into farmland. If this trend continues, there will be even more competition in the Arctic than at present: In 2010, Brad St. Pierre and his wife, Christine, moved from California to Fairbanks,[…]
Read more »China’s Newest Tactic In Mission To Ensure Food Security: IP
September 2nd, 2022
Courtesy of The Financial Times, commentary on how China’s mission to ensure its food security is now focused on intellectual property: At a briefing in May, Japan’s agriculture minister quantified the illicit Chinese farming of Shine Muscat grapes — a preposterously expensive fruit engineered by Japanese breeders over 18 years. The rights holders, he said, were[…]
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