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Yale Environment 360: The Worldwatch Institute reports that to ensure the food security of their own people, nations across Asia and the Middle East are gobbling up African land. The Washington, D.C.-based group reports that from 2006 to mid-2009, foreign investors purchased 15 to 20 million hectares (37 to 50 million acres) of African land and that millions of additional acres are being sold to governments and not being officially documented. “People are always saying that Africa needs to feed itself,” said Danielle......
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African ‘Land Grab’ Threatens Continent’s Food Security
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 28th, 2011
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