Post-Westphalian International Relations Series: Non-State Actors

From Telegraph:
Daewoo Logistics is taking a 99-year lease on 3.2 million acres of land, half the size of Belgium, to grow maize and biofuels, building its own roads and other infrastructure to service the new farms that will be created on currently undeveloped open space.

The amount is almost half the currently farmed land in the country.

The deal is a sign of the concern of many countries, particularly the intensely populated nations of the far east, about ensuring the safety and reliability of food and other supplies in an increasingly competitive world.

Chinese companies have signed similar deals across a number of African nations in recent years, even sending its own workforce to join local residents in working their new estates.