23/05/2012
A new turn of the screw on the geopolitics of food: due to the beginning of shortage of arable land and water, emerges land grabbing. The increasing demand of food, feed and biofuels is driving significant international investments in land. Indirect actors, such as pension funds managers, real estate and financial capital groups, are also buying land as an additional asset in a broader portfolio.
According to available data and trends posted on large-scale acquisitions of land, this trend will be a problem to tackle in deph in a short term because of the more than likely impact on food security in many countries.
Author: Ana Méndez Pazos
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