This article looks at how imaginaries of land and climate play a role in farmland investment discourses and practices. Foreign farmland investors in the fertile black earth region of Russia and Ukraine have ‘celebrated’ soil fertility while largely ignoring climatic factors. The article shows a centuries-long history of outsiders coming to the region lured by the fertile soils, while grossly underestimating climate which has had disastrous implications for farm viability and the environment. Comparisons with historical and contemporary literature on other regions (e.g. the US prairies and North Africa) suggest that the underestimation of climatic risks by newcomers is remarkably prevalent in resource frontiers.

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持久的农田想象：庆祝肥沃的土壤和对气候的反复无知

本文着眼于土地和气候的想象如何在农田投资的话语和实践中发挥作用。俄罗斯和乌克兰肥沃的黑土地区的外国农田投资者“庆祝”了土壤肥力，而在很大程度上忽略了气候因素。这篇文章展示了长达几个世纪的历史，外来者被肥沃的土壤吸引到该地区，同时严重低估了对农场生存能力和环境产生灾难性影响的气候。与其他地区（例如美国大草原和北非）的历史和当代文献的比较表明，新来者对气候风险的低估在资源前沿非常普遍。