January 4th, 2013
Via The Futurist, an interesting article from Lester Brown: Growing demand for food and fuel has put pressure on the world’s agricultural lands to produce more. Now, a trend in “land grabbing” has emerged, as wealthy countries lease or buy farms and agribusiness in poorer countries to ensure their own future supplies. The result may[…]
Read more »‘The Global Farms Race’ And The Quest For Food Security
December 9th, 2012
Via Foreign Policy, a look at the global farms race: As climate talks continue to grind along in Doha, food security would seem to be a major concern (especially as the U.N. issues warnings about the increasingly desperate food situation in Syria). However, the question of how farmers will feed the world’s booming population while[…]
Read more »December 5th, 2012
Via Farmland Grab, an interesting look at China’s efforts to access the rich land of Russia’s Far East for agricultural purposes: More Chinese companies and individuals are looking for sources of growth in the rich land of Russia’s Far East region, as Wu Yong reports from Suifenhe, Heilongjiang province. Liu Jianping seems totally unaware of[…]
Read more »Canada’s New Corn Belt Attracts Hot Money to Bargain Farmland
November 12th, 2012
Via Bloomberg, an interesting article on Canadian farm land: Truck driver Brad Oceguara opens a hatch at the bottom of a grain hopper while unloading corn into a grain bin in Roanoke, Illinois. U.S. farmers in the Midwest, the center of corn cultivation in North America, have watched helplessly as the worst drought in more[…]
Read more »October 31st, 2012
Via The Express Tribute, some commentary on the global land grab: Colonialism is alive and well in most former colonies — with one major difference. Previously, the colonials barged in armed to the teeth, compelling locals to produce selected crops to make fortunes and fuel their Industrial Revolution. Today, the neocolonials are no longer content[…]
Read more »Indian Companies Which Invested In Controversial Land Deals In Ethiopia Reap Bitter Harvest
October 27th, 2012
Via the Ethiopian Times, a report on Indian companies who have found agribusiness in Ethiopia very difficult: Indian companies which invested in controversial deals involving hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Ethiopia have found themselves out of their depth in a fast-growing African economy that is still in the process of building critical[…]
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