Via The Express Tribute, some commentary on the global land grab: Colonialism is alive and well in most former colonies — with one major difference. Previously, the colonials barged in armed to the teeth, compelling locals to produce selected crops to make fortunes and fuel their Industrial Revolution. Today, the neocolonials are no longer content […]
Read more »Via the Ethiopian Times, a report on Indian companies who have found agribusiness in Ethiopia very difficult: Indian companies which invested in controversial deals involving hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Ethiopia have found themselves out of their depth in a fast-growing African economy that is still in the process of building critical […]
Read more »Via Farmland Grab, an in-depth look at some of the individuals and organizations behind the recent land acquisitions worldwide: Every day there are new stories of companies buying up farmlands. Malaysian palm oil giants buying up lands for plantations in West Africa. Wall Street bankers taking over cattle ranches in Brazil. Saudi businessmen signing land […]
Read more »Via The Guardian, an interesting graphical analysis of food security risk worldwide to use as a barometer to identify those countries which may be susceptible to famine and societal unrest stemming from food shortages and price fluctuations:
Read more »Via TIME, a report on how rising food prices have sparked protests in India and elsewhere in the developing world because of the global land rush: Members of India’s rural communities, including the landless, poor farmers and the tribal community, sleep on a road at a halting point during “Jan Satyagraha,” a march to New […]
Read more »