Crops grown on large swathes of land acquired in developing countries through “ethical land grabbing” can potentially feed 550 million people worldwide, according to a study (27 June) in the Environmental Research Letters, an open access journal on environmental science. The study quantified the maximum amount of food that could be produced from crops grown on large-scale land acquisitions should investments in agriculture improve crop production and close the yield gap. In contrast, only about 190-370 million people could be fed if this land was left tended to by the local populat...