The South Korea/Madagascar Connection
Beppe Grillo’s thoughts on South Korean company Daewoo and the ‘neocolonial’ invasion of Madagascar… What have Madagascar and South Korea got in common? On the face of it, nothing. The former is a country in development, the second is an economic power. One is in Africa, the other in Asia. The Malagasy have uncontaminated land. … Read more
"Trade Carbon for Food"
Could the key to Africa’s future have been there from day one? In sustainable agriculture, Busani Bufana thinks so… Forget the view of climate change as impending catastrophe for a moment: if negotiators can recognise sustainable agriculture by African smallholders and forests as mitigating factors in climate change, carbon trading could become an important support … Read more
In Desperate Need of a Green Revolution
Robert Kaplan recently wrote this take on African development in the 21st century. The Current: Oil production is already booming, and food production may follow suit. Africa is the only part of the world without a green revolution. Scientific breakthroughs that tripled crop yields in Eurasia and Latin America have bypassed Africa’s, mainly because no … Read more
E-Trash Piles up in Ghana
Somewhere along the line a few people have gotten the idea that anything that they aren’t using anymore should be boxed up and mailed off to China, India or places like Ghana in Africa. While the motivation and general compulsion is good, how much do these discards actually help the recipients? What becomes of them? … Read more
