January 15th, 2025
Via Bloomberg, a look at China’s substantial efforts to future-proof itself for trade wars and the return of Donald Trump: China’s quest to feed itself has taken it as far as Kenya’s macadamia nut groves and Bolivia’s cattle ranches, as part of a push in recent years to diversify food sources away from traditional Western […]
Read more »Foreign Ownership of Canadian Farmland Remains A Concern For Producers
January 10th, 2025
Via the Regina Leader-Post, a report on how foreign ownership of Saskatchewan farmland remains a concern for producers: Jeremy Welter is worried about the regulations that govern foreign purchasing and ownership of land. “The biggest concern is, it doesn’t seem like there’s enough teeth in the current legislation,” said Welter, vice-president of the Agricultural Producers […]
Read more »December 10th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a look at how Uzbek farmers are paying a heavy price in the name of privatization: A new report on land grabbing and urban forced evictions, published by a network of independent Uzbek civil rights activists in collaboration with the University of Ulster and Uzbek Forum for Human Rights, exposes the vulnerability of farmers […]
Read more »The AfCFTA and Land In Africa: Towards a Surge in Land Grabbing?
November 29th, 2024
Via GRAIN, a report on the impact that the AfCFTA may have on land grabbing in Africa: In late 2023, a group of experts and government leaders met in Addis Ababa to discuss land policy in Africa in light of the African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA) agreement.[1] This agreement – from which State Parties expect nothing […]
Read more »November 20th, 2024
Via Global Voices, a look at China’s investment in Tajik agriculture: Even though Tajikistan is considered an agricultural country, only six percent of its territory is arable land, the rest is mountainous. Despite this, agriculture provides 20 percent of the country’s GDP and over 45 percent of the country’s employment. Tajikistan is one of the world’s top exporters of raw cotton. In 2022, […]
Read more »Russia Wants BRICS To Become OPEC For Wheat
October 28th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on Putin’s proposal for a BRICS grain exchange: Russia is leading a charge to turn the BRICS economic bloc into the top influencer of global grain prices. In a declaration following a three-day BRICS summit this week in Kazan, Russia, a call for the end of “illegal sanctions” against members […]
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