February 6th, 2014
Via the Global Mail, an article on how 5 million hectares of Papua New Guinea’s jungle is under threat from foreign land grabs and back-door logging: Gabriel Molok is directing us into his clan’s country, a sweep of steamy jungle wrapped tight around the once lost, languorous shore of Turubu Bay, Papua New Guinea. After […]
Read more »Africa: Chops And Robbers
February 4th, 2014
Via AllAfrica, a look at the connection between deforestation and the global land grab: Sprawling across the heart of Africa, the Congo basin covers 3.7m square kilometres and is home to the planet’s second-largest tropical rainforest after the Amazon. The forest spans six countries in central and western Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic […]
Read more »January 17th, 2014
An interesting Euromoney look at interest in Brazil’s frontier lands: First, for those international investors interested in Brazilian agribusiness, the good news: the country’s poor infrastructure is crippling the competitiveness of Brazil’s farms. With little or no onsite storage, farmers are forced to ship harvests straight to port – becoming price takers at peak times […]
Read more »Global Green Rush: How Big Agriculture Is Carving Up Africa For Industrial Farmland
December 19th, 2013
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting report on the global Green Rush: There is a gold rush happening in Ethiopia, but it’s not a hunt for the yellow metal. It’s a quest for the green gold of fertile farmland. A nation more associated with periodic famine and acute childhood malnutrition than with agricultural bounty is leasing […]
Read more »December 8th, 2013
Via The Guardian, an interesting look at how much African land the UK is leasing: The UK has over 1 million hectares leased on the African continent. We take a look at where they are. In terms of hectares, the UK is the fourth largest investor in the world in African land. This is what […]
Read more »Land Grabs In Africa – A Double-Edged Sword
November 12th, 2013
Via Ventures Africa, a look at foreign agricultural investment in Africa: Foreign investors are taking as much as they can from an impoverished nation, including its crops, land and the hard work of an Ethiopian population, to serve their own interests above others. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), 14.56 million hectares of […]
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