Rich countries buying up farmland in poor countries

[1]Redeye

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November 24, 2009

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Civil society groups are sounding the alarm about the purchase of vast tracts of farmland in the Global South, saying the sales threaten food security and land reform in the world's poorest nations.

Artist: Shepard Daniel [2]
Title: Rich countries buying up farmland in poor countries [3]
Album: Redeye: Vancouver Cooperative Radio [4]
Genre: Interview [5]
Year: 2009 [6]
Length: 15:06 minutes (13.83 MB)
Format: Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)

Civil society groups are sounding the alarm about the purchase of vast tracts of farmland in the Global South, saying the sales threaten food security and land reform in the world's poorest nations. Shepard Daniel is co-author of The Great Land Grab, a report by the Oakland Institute. We speak with her from Santiago, Chile.

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