Via Foreign Policy In Focus, an interesting look at how the food crisis, partly characterized by unstable markets and low reserves, has led governments to seek measures to meet their food security needs more directly than through global trade. As the article notes: “…Governments and corporations looking to outsource food and energy more directly themselves […]
Read more »Via Counter Currents, a detailed review of the wave of land grabs from the black earth of Southern Russia and the Ukraine, to Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines in south-east Asia, to Pakistan, to Sudan, Zambia, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Madagascar in Africa and even into the Amazon. As the article notes: “…Governments – concerned about […]
Read more »Via Ethio Media, an in-country piece looking at the issues & concerns over Ethiopia’s recent sales of land to foreign firms. As the article notes: “…A while back, the capo di tutti capi (the “boss of bosses”) of the dictatorship in Ethiopia rebuked Congressman Donald Payne for pushing H.R. 2003 (“Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act”). […]
Read more »Via The Market Oracle, an interesting investment-focused review of the global land grab. As the article notes: “…According to the Economist, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and China have been “quietly” buying up more than $20 billion of this asset. It’s not oil or natural gas assets though. And it’s not the molybdenum they need to build […]
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