Is globalisation proving beneficial or posing a threat to efforts by developing countries to improve food security?
I don’t think there is a simple yes or no answer. It depends on the context. Globalisation in many ways helps if it has the right environment for access to new technology, new products, new commodities and to knowledge. At the same time, it has its downside as globalisation works on competition. When you are competing on equal footing than somebody flourishes. Globalisation means the developed countries should remove barriers to allow developing countries to be able compete. It also means that developing countries should be able to achieve a level of qualitative products that are able to compete in the international markets. So there are good side and downside to the whole controversy over globalisation. It creates opportunities for forging new global partnerships in all areas. How serious is the problem of ‘land grab’ by overseas investors in agriculture? How is it affecting the host countries? I would first like to say that the expression ‘land grab’ is a misrepresentation of facts.
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