Via The Wall Street Journal, a report on the many farmers & corporations that are looking towards The Republic of the Congo as Africa’s Promised (agricultural) Land. As the article notes: “…They’re scrambling to get on board an ambitious venture to reclaim farmland in Congo’s interior and help relieve that country of a reliance on […]
Read more »As reported by The Financial Times, the United Nations thinks that African countries are giving away vast tracts of farmland to other countries and investors almost for free, with the only benefits consisting of vague promises of jobs and infrastructure. As the article notes: “…Most of the land deals documented by this study involved no […]
Read more »Courtesy of Dawn Media, a report that Pakistan is planning to dramatically increase the amount of farmland open to foreign investors to six million acres, but will require outsiders to share half of their crop with local growers. As the article notes: “…Crop sharing will defuse tensions with local farmers fearful of being crowded out […]
Read more »Via Kenya’s Capital Business Journal, an article on Kenya’s plans to lease out about 100,000 acres of land to a Gulf state for agriculture at a time when the country is facing serious food shortages. As the report notes: “…The deal with the government of Qatar is similar to a model that has been widely […]
Read more »Via The Economist, an interesting look at the trend of rich food importers acquiring large tracts of poor countries’ farmland. As the article notes: EARLY this year, the king of Saudi Arabia held a ceremony to receive a batch of rice, part of the first crop to be produced under something called the King Abdullah […]
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