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CNN: Millions of hectares of land have been acquired in the past few years across Africa by investors who are moving into large-scale agriculture to take advantage of potential windfall gains. Popularly these deals have become known as "land grabbing," but they could just as well have been framed as "water grabs." The current global rush for agricultural land grew partly in response to increased global food prices since 2007. Global capital is finding its way to agricultural investments on the basis......
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Are land grabs really water grabs?
Posted by CNN: Jennifer C Franco, Lyla Mehta and Gert Jan Veldwisch on March 22nd, 2013
Posted in Water Conservation