Increasing awareness of the politics and realities of land-grabbing is an urgent priority in fighting food insecurity. But it’s important to remember it’s not just about land. Industrial irrigation also deprives local people of access to water. Land-grabbing deals often give buyers free and unrestricted access to water, which may turn out to be even more important than land in the long-term.
While ‘many western-funded grabs are for growing biofuels’, let’s not also forget about the increasing numbers that are also for carbon offset and plantation forestry monocultures.
Increasing awareness of the politics and realities of land-grabbing is an urgent priority in fighting food insecurity. But it’s important to remember it’s not just about land. Industrial irrigation also deprives local people of access to water. Land-grabbing deals often give buyers free and unrestricted access to water, which may turn out to be even more important than land in the long-term.
While ‘many western-funded grabs are for growing biofuels’, let’s not also forget about the increasing numbers that are also for carbon offset and plantation forestry monocultures.
See https://youtu.be/17QxF61PVC4 for an example about Uganda.
this post is from Green Ink