May 31st, 2010
Via Seed Daily, an ominous report on the status of Middle Eastern food security. As the article notes: “…The scramble by Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf states to secure strategic food supplies by buying up vast tracts of farmland in Africa and Asia won’t be enough to stave off a surge of food imports[…]
Read more »A Civilized And Equitable Land Grab?
May 31st, 2010
Via Change.org, an interesting report on the $16 billion agricultural zone that Singapore currently plans to develop in northeastern China, as part of the tiny country’s plans to shore up its own food security. As the article notes: “…As Jina wrote earlier this morning, the unsettling sight of wealthier nations buying up swaths of Africa[…]
Read more »May 15th, 2010
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on the wave of investment into Ukraine’s agricultural sector. As the article notes: “…Even in Europe’s most depressed large economy, there are a few shafts of commercial light. Ukraine, where gross domestic product fell last year by a whopping 15 per cent, is witnessing a flurry of investment[…]
Read more »Putting Money Out To Pasture…
May 10th, 2010
Via DTN’s Progressive Farmer, a look at the growing frenzy among pension and fund managers, investment bankers and some of the world’s largest farmers around one of the hottest institutional investment opportunities – farmland – based on the belief that global food demand will double by 2050 and skepticism that seed companies and agribusiness can[…]
Read more »May 6th, 2010
Via Reuters, an interesting report on the politics of global agriculture, mainly from the perspective of the bankers and investment managers who are responsible for some of the recent flurry of interest in overseas acquisitions. As the article notes: “…Many firms in Boston’s financial district invest in things you can’t touch: currency futures, index options,[…]
Read more »Food and Water Drive African Land Grab
April 30th, 2010
Courtesy of Seed Daily, an updated review of what many call the great African land grab of the 21st century. As the article notes: “…Rich Arab states such as Saudi Arabia have bought huge tracts of land across Africa in recent years in a bid to combat global food shortages, water scarcity and desertification and[…]
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