Land deals and Grabs, anything possibly good about it?

Ethiopia weighs benefits of foreign 'land grabs'

10 June (BBC) - In the past few years, massive amounts of land in Africa have been bought by foreign organisations. A new report from the US-based Oakland Institute says that in 2009 alone, foreign investors bought or leased nearly 60 million hectares of land in Africa - an area about the size of France. Full Article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13725431

Congo Brazzaville: Land Deals Raise Food Security Hopes

8 June (All Africa) - By handing over 80,000 hectares of untilled land to a few dozen South African farmers, authorities in the Republic of Congo are confident they will greatly improve domestic agricultural expertise and reduce the country's chronic dependence on food imports. Full article

http://allafrica.com/stories/201106081166.html

U.S. Universities, Investors Accused Of 'Land Grabs' In Africa

African farmers vs. investors. Is there a third way?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/world/africa/22mali.html?_r=1&hp

This article, from the New York Time, presents the farmer problem, the food problem, and the displacement problem. Once all three components are taken into consideration, if ever, in development/displacement issues, then may be we'll get somewhere...

Invasion of the Land Grabbers

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Land Grab vs. Right to Food

From Democracy Now.

What kills more than war?

WATER...

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