Many countries in Africa are welcoming big agricultural projects bankrolled by foreign investors whose goal is to grow food in Africa and then send it abroad. Liberia has reportedly signed concessions for nearly one-third of its national territory in recent years. Half of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s agricultural lands have been leased to grow crops, including palm oil for the production of biofuels. Critics question whether it is a wise policy to produce food for foreign consumption in regions where many go hungry — especially when the land deals with foreign agrobusinesses displace local subsistence farmers.