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China, Korea, Saudi Arabia Lead Global Land Rush To Buy Farmland In Other...

By Stephen Leahy* ANCHORAGE, Alaska, USA, May 5 (Tierramérica) More than 20 million hectares of farmland in Africa and Latin America are now in the hands of foreign governments and companies, a sign of...

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Wealthy Countries and Investors Buying Up Farmland in Poor Countries

Lopiso Lagebo, 25, comes from Kambata, a small town 800km away from Metahar. He starts working at 0500, cuts up to 5 tons (5,000 kg) of sugar cane a day and earns $0.8. The company recruits most of the...

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Global Land Grabbing by Speculators, Investment banks, Pension funds

By Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, May 10, 2012 (IPS) Land is the missing element at next month’s big U.N. sustainable development summit known as Rio+20, where nations of the world will meet Jun....

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