September 24th, 2013
Via Quartz, a report on a large scale acquisition in Ukraine: China likes the look of this red star. Ukraine’s KSG Agro released a statement today, Sept. 24, denying reports that it had reached an agreement to sell 3 million hectares to a Chinese firm. Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post had reported a deal between KSG Agro[…]
Read more »Brazil and China Scramble For Agricultural Influence In Africa
August 29th, 2013
Via The Guardian, a look at China and Brazil’s involvement in African agriculture: China and Brazil have identified agriculture as central to their development efforts in Africa, confident in the belief that they can make valuable contributions based on their own agricultural success. China trumpets its ability to feed 20% of the world’s population on[…]
Read more »August 24th, 2013
Via The Atlantic, a report on how China’s environmental problems threaten the food production system for over a billion people: A farmer walks through a field near a replica of the Eiffel Tower at the Tianducheng development in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. (Aly Song/Reuters) Ever since May, when a state-controlled Chinese company agreed to buy U.S.[…]
Read more »Great American Farmland Boom…Still Ticking
August 23rd, 2013
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on the rush to invest in farmland in the U.S.: DAN LINDSTROM remembers looking at a piece of Nebraska farmland six or seven years ago that cost $3,300 an acre. Raised on a farm, he ran the numbers with his brother who is farming the family land[…]
Read more »August 7th, 2013
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on issues related to land ownership in Southeast Asia: Conflict over land tenure in Southeast Asia’s rural areas has emerged as a key issue for the region. To achieve goals such as economic development and poverty reduction in rural areas, governments in the region have pursued policies to attract[…]
Read more »Congo Seeks To Lure Investors For $5.7 Billion Farming Plan
July 26th, 2013
Via Bloomberg, a report that the Democratic Republic of Congo is working to attract foreign investment in the agricultural sector: Democratic Republic of Congo will modify a law that restricts foreign ownership of agriculture projects as it seeks to raise financing for a proposed $5.7 billion expansion plan, the Agriculture Ministry said. The government has[…]
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