One of the biggest problems of large-scale commercial farming in poor countries is that well-connected farmers find it more profitable to seek special favours than to farm.
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International bodies, such as the African Union, are drawing up codes of conduct to limit such abuses.
This raises awkward questions. (link in bio)⠀ ⠀…” Host governments usually claim the farmland they offer is vacant, state-owned property. 126 Likes, 1 Comments - Foreign Fields (@foreignfields) on Instagram: “I wish I was an anchor, to hold you to my side⠀ Stream our new single, Terrible Times, now. Worse, the impetus for many of them has not been profit-seeking by those who want to turn around failing farms. Oh God / Another broken night / I'm going singing / Always just the same / You know it's old, God / With my devil on the shelf The Chinese and Arabs are buying poor countries’ farms on a colossal scale.
They are sorely needed. Lyrics to 'Where The Willow Tree Died' by Foreign Fields. For a start, most deals are shrouded in mystery—rarely a good sign, especially in countries riddled with corruption.
The potential benefits of new seeds, drip-feed irrigation and farm credit are vast. Be wary of the resultsOVER the past two years, as much as 20m hectares of farmland—an area as big as France's sprawling farmland and worth $20 billion-30 billion—has been quietly handed over to capital-exporting countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and China. Link in bio.” Deals that push them off their land or override customary rights cannot be justified. Protectionism, not efficiency, has been the driving force. Until they show otherwise, a dose of scepticism should be mixed with the premature hopes the land deals have engendered. The Chinese and Arabs are buying poor countries’ farms on a colossal scale. This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline "Cornering foreign fields"Sign up to our free daily newsletter, The Economist todayThe right way to get rid of President Alexander Lukashenko
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Or are critics right that these are “land grabs”, “neocolonialist” rip-offs, different from 19th-century colonialism only because they involve different land-grabbers and enrich different local elites (see It would be graceless to write off in advance foreign investment in some of the most miserable places on earth. Secrecy makes it impossible to know whether farms are really getting more efficient or whether the deals are done mainly to line politicians' pockets.Next, most of these deals are government-to-government. Bear in mind, too, that worldwide economic efficiency will rise if (as is happening) Saudi Arabia abandons mind-bogglingly expensive wheat farms in the desert and buys up land in east Africa.Yet these advantages cannot quell a nagging unease. One politician in Cambodia complains that a contract to lease thousands of acres of rice contains fewer details than you would find in a house-rental agreement. These deals may exacerbate that problem. Foreign investment helps countries not only by applying new technology but also by reorganising the way people work and by keeping an eye on costs. It would be better to liberalise food markets and boost trade than encourage further land grabs. They have no title, only customary rights.