June 16th, 2012
Via NPR, a report on the rush for Mozambiquan farmland: In these days of financial uncertainty, the hot new investment tip is farmland. This spring, 750 Wall Street types crowded into New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel for a conference on investing in global agriculture. Philippe de Laperouse, managing director of HighQuest Partners, which organized the event, […]
Read more »The Hungry Dragon: Growing In Greener Pastures
June 11th, 2012
Via China Daily, an article on China’s appetite for overseas land to feed its nation: Some Chinese companies are growing soybeans overseas to fill the supply gap in China. Provided to China Daily Chinese firms tap resource-rich countries to feed world’s largest population With demand for food rising with China’s growing population and economy, […]
Read more »May 21st, 2012
Via The Guardian, a look at the impact of the trend that vast swaths of Africa are being bought up by oligarchs, sheikhs and agribusiness corporations: Employees of Saudi Star work in a rice paddy in Gambella, Ethiopia. The government wants to resettle thousands of families away from fertile land. Photograph: Jenny Vaughan/AFP/Getty Images Omot […]
Read more »Arab States ‘Must Invest In Central Asian Farmland’
May 10th, 2012
Via The National, an article on the need for further investment in Central Asian farmland. As the report notes: Arab states should invest in Central Asian farmland to help to secure their future food supplies, a senior Arab League official said today. Dr Mohammed Al Twaijri said Central Asia could be a better option than […]
Read more »May 8th, 2012
Via Zawya, a detailed look at the great overseas resource rush: Saudi Arabia and the UAE are among the top four countries on a massive investment spree to acquire agricultural resources. A new report by the LAND Matrix group – an amalgamation of global think-tanks – looks at how rich countries are scouring for land […]
Read more »International Land Deals: Who Is Investing And Where?
May 4th, 2012
Courtesy of The Guardian, a look at a new global database on more than 1,000 land deals covering an area roughly half the size of western Europe: Workers at a palm oil plantation in Ethiopia. The data shows that east Africa has the highest concentration of recent land deal investments. Photograph: José Cendon/Getty Images Over […]
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