ARTICLE: "In Ukraine, Mavericks Gamble On Scarce Land," by John W. Miller, Wall Street Journal, 12 May 2008, p. A1.

Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan have between them an untilled Idaho's worth of good farmland. Trick is unifying small plots, something China too works. All three expect higher future yields, thanks to global warming, so real opportunity. But key to driving underemployed off land is to have better life (meaning jobs) waiting for them in cities. That means joining globalization's rising "network trade" (intra-corporate buyer/producer chains). So rising food needs only feed globalization's structural dynamics. This is why, in my mind, Deng was Man of the 20th century, not Einstein, as Time claimed. (though I'd still say American G.I. is logical composite MOTC. World acreage sits at 37b, of which 3.51b currently arable, up a smidge from 1991 total of 3.49b. Of that total, U.S. has 432m, China with 350m, Brazil with 146m, and Russia-Ukraine-Kazakhstan with 437m. Assuming these are top nations, it's interesting that it's U.S. plus all New Core. By look of map, India's got to be close to Brazil total, making it America + BRIC [Brazil, Russia, India and China].