Most of the investments are aimed at producing food or other crops for export from the countries in which the land is acquired, for the obvious reason that richer countries can pay more for the output. More than 40% of such projects aim to export food to the source country – suggesting that food security is a major reason for buying the land.
大部分投资的目的是在土地收购国生产粮食和其他作物并用于出口，其中的原因显而易见——较发达国家对土地产出的出价更高。40%以上的投资目的是向投资来源国出口粮食——这表明粮食安全是购买土地的主要原因。