Courtesy of Spiegel Online, a detailed report on the how governments and investment funds are buying up farmland in Africa and Asia to grow food — a profitable business, with a growing global population and rapidly rising prices. As the article notes: “…Every crisis has its winners. A group of them is sitting in the […]
Read more »Via Public Radio International, a very balanced look at the trend towards outsourcing agriculture to developing nations: “…Some of the richest countries are buying large swatches of land in some of the poorest countries to plant crops — essentially outsourcing agriculture. Whether the crops go for fuel or food, the world’s rich countries are now […]
Read more »Via Seed Daily, an article on the acquisition strategy of the Kuwait China Investment Company, a company partly owned by the emirate’s sovereign wealth fund which is preparing to join other Gulf states in buying up agricultural land in Asia, part of a global land grab to ensure food security. As the article notes: “…Unlike […]
Read more »Via The Economist, an interesting report on a recent discreet deal under which some 16,800 square kilometres (6,180 square miles) of Sudanese wilderness will become the estate of a company from Abu Dhabi. As the article notes: The leasing agreement was signed by a company called Al Ain National Wildlife after an earlier failed attempt […]
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