December 13th, 2011
Via the BBC, an interesting article on India’s increased interest in African agricultural land and other agricultural holdings: “My ambition is to develop these 300,000 hectares and go past to a million hectares,” says Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi pointing to a map of Africa in his office in Bangalore in southern India. Ambitious as its sounds,[…]
Read more »Africa’s Farmland In Demand: The Great Selloff Of Africa
December 6th, 2011
Courtesy of The Toronto Star, a report on international investor interest in Africa’s agricultural lands. As the article notes: Said Manga scans the red volcanic soil outside his mud-brick home and sees a patch of African plain bursting with life. The farmer watches plump chickens zigzag between nearby rows of maize, sorghum and wheat swaying[…]
Read more »November 29th, 2011
Via The Financial Times, an analysis on China’s interest in African trade, specifically foodstuffs and agriculture. As the article notes: “On the face of it, it should be a logical tie-up. China, with its burgeoning middle class and shrinking arable farmland, is facing increasing strains in its agricultural sector to meet domestic food demand. Africa,[…]
Read more »Africa’s Great ‘Water Grab’
November 24th, 2011
Via The Guardian, an interesting look at what they term Africa’s great ‘water grab’. As the article notes: The banks of the Niger river, in southern Mali, have been flooded by a steady stream of foreigners. Coveted by foreign investors eager to snap up large tracts of fertile farmland, the river basin has been at[…]
Read more »November 19th, 2011
Via The Guardian, a report on a surge in foreign investment in Mali’s agricultural sector. As the article notes: Foreign investment in arable land in Mali increased by 60% between 2009 and 2010, says a report published on Thursday to coincide with the first international farmers’ conference to tackle the global rush for land. The[…]
Read more »Bangladesh Government Goes Shopping For Overseas Farmland
November 17th, 2011
Via The Guardian, a report that Bangladesh is looking abroad for land to grow food to meet the country’s increasing demand and to create jobs for Bangladeshi migrants. As the article notes: The Bangladesh government is looking near and far – from Ukraine to South Sudan – to bolster food security at home, according to[…]
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