Land grabs: governments seeking food security sow the seeds of discontent

Land grabs: governments seeking food security sow the seeds of discontent

There will be plenty more scuffles between local populations and new global landlords

✒ When Daewoo Logistics snaffled a 99-year lease on 1.3mn hectares — half the size of Belgium — in Madagascar in 2008, the private company said:

“We want to plant corn there to ensure our food security. Food can be a weapon in this world.”