Via The Utne Reader, a look at how fears of violence and a hunger for profit are sparking a worldwide run on farmland. As the article notes: A 21st-century land rush is on. Driven by fear and lured by promises of high profits, foreign investors are scooping up vast tracts of farmland in some of […]
Read more »Via The Sydney Morning Herald, a report on China’s increasing tendency to look abroad to satisfy its growing appetite. As the article notes: CHINESE companies have now acquired farmland roughly equivalent to the size of Melbourne as the country looks abroad to feed its population. About 8000 square kilometres of farmland around the world are […]
Read more »Via China In Africa, an interesting report on China’s involvement in Mozambique and a careful review of what is real – and not real – about claims related to land grabbing. As the article notes: More than four years ago, Loro Horta, then a Ph.D. candidate at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Ethiopian Times, a report on the impact of Ethiopian land being leased to agro-industry investors on very long terms and below market rates. As the article notes: Ethiopia is the world champion of “land grabbing” – the practice of renting out vast expanses of farmland to local and, in particular, foreign investors. […]
Read more »Via Farmland Grab, an article on international investors’ thoughts on South America: Latin American farmland is increasingly a target for risk-tolerant institutional investors who want to take advantage of rising commodity and land prices. But it is a complex investment proposition that requires specialist agricultural and local knowledge. Demand for food is increasing with a […]
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