http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/opinion/the-global-farmland-rush.html?src=recg
This is a very disturbing article about Food, Land and Wealthy countries v. Poor countries
Read it carefully
1. Explain what is happening in this article - Who is being taken advantage of and why is this happening?
2. What is one promise made during these land deals that usually fails to materialize? WHY do you think this promise is not kept?
3. Who is the biggest loser in these deals and what do they lose?
4. Why is it so easy for foreign investors to acquire land so easily in these deals?
5. How do these land sales create REPRESSION? (what does this mean?) Who is being repressed?
6. What is driving this land grab? How or CAN it be stopped?
1. The farmers are being taken advantage because of food imports and exports.
ReplyDelete2. The promise was to create local jobs and how technology will benefit farming. However, few benefits are materialized.
3. Farmers are the biggest loser as they constantly lose their jobs.
4. There is an absence in authorized land registration and titles.
5. People protest about the land sales. Activists are being repressed.
6. Global agriculture commoditization is the driving force behind the land grab. Farming technology has been said to stop this.
1. Foreigners are taking advantage of smaller third world countries. quite mean:(
ReplyDelete2.Swiss company promised local farmers 2,000 new jobs when it acquired a 50-year lease to grow biofuel crops on 154 square miles in Makeni, Sierra Leone; in the first three years, it produced only 50.
3.The farmers and the original landowners that sell. They lose money and work, and food most of the time.
4. The governments are usually poor and give up the land to get more money.
5. The land sales provoke repression, and activists and protesters are usually prosecuted.
6. Mostly greed is driving this, and the need for agriculture. If the technology advancements were shared throughout different countries it would probably help.
1. This article was about the poor gov't have embraced these deals
ReplyDelete2. Investors typically promised to create local jobs and the farming technologies that produce the higher crop yields and to improve food security; but now they broke their affirmation because
3. The farmers are because they're in poverty, broke, and almost suffered a starvation
4. Because of an absence of authoritative land registration and the easy titles for foreign investors.
5. So the land sales could provoke protests. The activists and protesters were charged and being put to justice.
6. The commoditization of global agriculture have caused to aggravate the destabilizing effects. The farming technology advancements need to be shutting down.
1. farmers are being taken advantage of.
ReplyDelete2. promised locals to create more jobs, technology will help produce more & better crops.
3. farmers, they lost a money and food to feed their families with.
4. absence in authorized land registration and titles.
5. protesters and activists would be prosecuted & the land sales provoke repression.
6.it has aggravated the destabilizing effects of these large-scale land grabs
1) Poor countries are being taken advantage of because richer countries are using their land to grow crops.
ReplyDelete2) A minimal amount of the harvest is to be sold to local markets. The investors would see this as losing profit so they try their best to get around this.
3) The country whose land is being used loses the most because the people end up suffering by losing a source of food.
4) They have money.
5) The natives may be forced to relocate. They end up suffering because of the land sales due to the lack of food security.
6) Food and energy demand, population growth, volatile commodity prices,and land and water shortages are the driving force. I think new government officials (who aren't corrupt) should be put in office who will uphold regulations on all bought land.
1. Explain what is happening in this article - Who is being taken advantage of and why is this happening?
ReplyDeleteCitizens in developing countries are facing a scarcity of food and are losing food security because their governments are selling massive amounts of land to foreign countries for them to take advantage of.
2. What is one promise made during these land deals that usually fails to materialize? WHY do you think this promise is not kept?
Job and because money is lost when giving people jobs.
3. Who is the biggest loser in these deals and what do they lose?
The developing countries because they are losing their citizens.
4. Why is it so easy for foreign investors to acquire land so easily in these deals?
Because the developing countries are desperate.
5. How do these land sales create REPRESSION? (what does this mean?) Who is being repressed?
Control over people and the citizens are being repressed.
6. What is driving this land grab? How or CAN it be stopped?
Greed and it can but it won't be any time soon.
1. the smaller countries are being taken advantage of because they are desperate for food so they go and farm for bigger countries
ReplyDelete2.jobs and money is taken away from the smaller countries
3.the small countries because they end up loosing money and jobs and gaining food
4. because smaller countries are desperate for food
5. taking over the citizens and the smaller countries are being repressed
6.taking money and i think the smaller countries need to rebel
1. Poor countries are being taken advantage of by rich countries taking their land.
ReplyDelete2. Jobs were promised but this promise wasn't kept because they wanted to make more money.
3. The developing countries suffer because their food source is being taken advantage of.
4. Because the developing countries are poor and the investors have a lot of money.
5. The citizens are being repressed because they are suffering from food security as a result of the land sales.
6. Greed drives the land grabs and they can be fixed simply with some government infrastructure
1. The countries that do not have the money that the rich countries have are being taken advantage of.
ReplyDelete2. The rich countries promised jobs to the poor countries but they were not given to them because they wanted more money.
3. The poor countries are because they are losing food and are also losing jobs that they are promised.
4. The countries that are poor need money and these investors have the money but they do not get it.
5. The citizens are being repressed by there food security and the way that the rich countries land sales.
6. I believe that the rich countries are being to greedy and the only way this can be fixed is an outside force. I believe that the US will get involved because all we do is deal with other peoples problems.
1. Poor countries are being taken advantage of because richer countries are using their land for crops.
ReplyDelete2. Promised locals to create more jobs, technology will help produce more & better crops.
3. the farmers are the biggest losers and they may lose their jobs.
4. There is things missing in authorized land registration and titles.
5. taking over the citizens and the smaller countries.
6. taking money and the small countries need to think about rebelling or take a stand.
1. Poorer countries have land that bigger countries are taking over for their own agricultural use.
ReplyDelete2. The bigger countries promised that they would create more jobs for the poorer countries but they lied.
3. The farmers may lose their jobs and they lose food.
4. There are missing things in authorized land registration. These investors make products but don't sell it to the locals
5. Taking over the land in the countries is basically taking over the people themselves.
6. Wealthier countries realized that these smaller countries might rebel so they bought off a lot of land from them to gain more control.
1. Explain what is happening in this article - Who is being taken advantage of and why is this happening?
ReplyDelete- The small and poor countries are being completely overrode and big empires and countries are using all of their resources without giving them something in return.
2. What is one promise made during these land deals that usually fails to materialize? WHY do you think this promise is not kept?
-They promised to the countries that after they began supplying them , that their economy would bloom, many job opportunities would be available and their countries would thrive.
3. Who is the biggest loser in these deals and what do they lose?
-The farmers or town people who have large amounts of crop land are being cheated and are now struggling to feed themselves and families because they no longer have enough food.
4. Why is it so easy for foreign investors to acquire land so easily in these deals?
- It's easy because the small countries they persuade to giving up land are impressed with all of the things these large empires have an they agree to these deals in hope of improving their countries, politically , economically , and keeping their people happy by giving them new opportunities.
5. How do these land sales create REPRESSION? (what does this mean?) Who is being repressed?
- Repression can be very negative to a small country, these land developments can cause key needed resources to no longer be a driving factor for a country. For instance if a small town has a large corn crop production in which is how they survive, and it is sold off , then that town will now have to find a new resource and it could cause them to go through a time of struggle and depression.
6. What is driving this land grab? How or CAN it be stopped?
- Money , as easily as it sounds , Money is what rules the world. The only way this aspect of it can be changed or stopped is if all of the countries come together to build an international Law of Conservation of Depended Resources. Maybe a rule that can give companies a certain or rationed amount of land that they can purchase from specific Countries or lands.
1. The less fortunate counties are being played or taking advantage of because the countries that have more are using/ taking their land
ReplyDelete2.One promise was to create more jobs to the smaller/poor countries, the promise was not kept because the bigger countries basically bully the other smaller countries
3.Farmers, because they actually lost money in all of this
4. Basically they have no money and the investors do
5.Taking over the citizens and land is being repressed.
6.Greed is basically responsible for the land grab, the want more and more land and this can be stopped if the people over them can be controlled
1. Explain what is happening in this article - Who is being taken advantage of and why is this happening?
ReplyDeleteIn this article the people with less money/power are being taking advantage of by the wealthy. Also the people being taken advantage of are farmers and this is happening due to the nations who import goods and private investor are taking the land to do agriculture
2. What is one promise made during these land deals that usually fails to materialize? WHY do you think this promise is not kept?
A promise made that was in the article said that a Swiss company promised 2,000 new jobs but in the first three years they only created 50. I think the promise was not kept because nobody checked back up on the issue and most civilians don't know the work or art of bargaining like company workers do.
3. Who is the biggest loser in these deals and what do they lose?
The civilian people of the developing countries and the things they lose include food supply, land and in some cases money (economy is affected)
4. Why is it so easy for foreign investors to acquire land so easily in these deals?
The foreign investors probably talk the people into the things that they could have if they were to come in and take over the land. So the people of the country think that they will have a better life than what they currently have
5. How do these land sales create REPRESSION? (what does this mean?) Who is being repressed?
The land sales create repression by putting a hold on what the people would want to do with the land while foreign investors come in and start to build agriculture on the land that they've purchased from the native people. Repression means to hold back or to keep under control. The people being repressed are the native people and they are being repressed by foreign investors.
6. What is driving this land grab? How or CAN it be stopped?
Money and an opportunity for a better lifestyle. This can be stopped if there is a limit to the amount of power foreign investors have over people of the native country.
1. Poor countries are being taken advantage of, bigger countries are taking over their land and resources.
ReplyDelete2. Promises were made to the smaller countries but were not made, such as job.
3. They lose food if the farmer loose their jobs
4. There are missing things in authorized land registration. These investors make products but don't sell it to the locals
5. Taking over a country, you are taking control of everything that the country has, such as people, money, power, laws, etc.
6. Wealthier countries realized that these smaller countries might rebel so they bought off a lot of land from them to gain more control.
Read it carefully
ReplyDelete1. African labor workers
2. promises of jobs and equal opportunities were not fullfilled
3. the labor force, and the good labor because they are being outsourced
4. they don't have correct land registration
5. you are taking everything the country has
6. personal profit
Olivia
ReplyDelete1. Undeveloped countries farming fields are being taken by bigger countries with them knowing.
2. They promised jobs to the people and probably not made because they couldn't create jobs
3. The farmers because they lose money
4. The investors have more money and power.
5. It creates repression because people are in a way taking over the country. The government is being repressed
6. What is driving this land grab? How or CAN it be stopped?
The countries want more money and power. It can be stopped by countries standing up
for themselves.
1.Developing countries farms are being taken from them.
ReplyDelete2.Swiss company promised 2,000 new jobs but in the first three years they only created 50. Its hard to create new jobs for developing countries.
3.The People of the developing countries is the biggest loser.
4.The foreign investors probably think that this is get rich quick idea and hope that everything that will be alright.
5.By controlling what the people can and can not do with their lands and the developing people are being repressed.
6.Money is driving this land grab and it can be stopped by stopping foreign investors from coming in to get these lands
Zac Wichlei
ReplyDelete1. Explain what is happening in this article - Who is being taken advantage of and why is this happening?
- Small country farmers are being taken advantage of by large/richer countries who are taking crops and land from the smaller countries.
2. What is one promise made during these land deals that usually fails to materialize? WHY do you think this promise is not kept?
- The promised more jobs to be given to people but the government and other countries were not able to produce more jobs for the working class.
3. Who is the biggest loser in these deals and what do they lose?
- The small countries being taken advantage of. They have a lot to loose in these deals and barely any benefits.
4. Why is it so easy for foreign investors to acquire land so easily in these deals?
- Because they have more money and power to take over the smaller countries farming lands.
5. How do these land sales create REPRESSION? (what does this mean?) Who is being repressed?
- Repression is when something is kept down or under control. The smaller countries economy is being kept down and controlled by the larger countries taking advantage of them.
6. What is driving this land grab? How or CAN it be stopped?
- The money being received is driving the land grab if it were to be stopped smaller countries would have to stop allowing larger countries to pay for land use.
1. poor countries for food production
ReplyDelete2. They promise jobs. But the jobs are "insourced."
3. Who is the biggest loser in these deals and what do they lose?
the people that live on the land.
4. Why is it so easy for foreign investors to acquire land so easily in these deals?because it is cheap and the governments of the countries are corrupt.
5. How do these land sales create REPRESSION? (what does this mean?) Who is being repressed?
They prevent farmers from growing crops and supporting their families.
6. What is driving this land grab? How or CAN it be stopped?
Money. People have to care
1. wealthy is taking advantage of poor people
ReplyDelete2. promised jobs to the people and didnt keep it because they couldn't create the jobs
3. the farmers loose $
4. There's things that have gone missing in authorized land registration and titles
5. they stopped the farmers from growing crops for their families
6. i think greed and i think if people changed their perspective on this thing and started to care, things could change.
1.) the rich are stealing from the poor
ReplyDelete2. they are promising things that they dont have.
3. the people who live off the land
4. Why is it so easy for foreign investors to acquire land so easily in these deals? The countries are corrupt and poor
5. How do these land sales create REPRESSION? (what does this mean?) Who is being repressed?
They dont let farmers from grow crops and stop them from supporting their families.
6. What is driving this land grab? How or CAN it be stopped?
Money.
1. the farmers are being taken advantage of by the cooperate world
ReplyDelete2.they are promising jobs and money but are not following through with them
3. the farmers and people who lived off the land are because they are giving up their land for nothing in return
4. because they have the money, power, and influence to get things done their way
5. the farmers because without their land, they can make money for their family to live off of
6. greed and power and I really don't think it can be stopped
1) The Poorer countries are being taken advantage of because richer countries are using their land to grow their crops.
ReplyDelete2) A low amount of the harvest is to be sold to local markets. The investors would see this as losing profit so they try their best to get around this.
3) The country whose land is being used loses the most because the people end up suffering by losing a source of food.
4) They have more money.
5) The natives may be forced to relocate. They end up suffering because of the land sales due to the lack of food security.
6) Food and energy demand, population growth, volatile commodity prices,and land and water shortages are the driving force. I think new government officials (who aren't corrupt) should be put in office who will uphold regulations on all bought land.