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Ethiopia's farmland in high demand

Washington Post | 22 October 2009

Governments across Africa are leasing land to foreign investors who use it to grow food to compensate for their own deficit, or for export. Officials in Ethiopia hope that the investment can help improve agriculture, replacing ox-and-plough with tractors, but some are concerned about whether the deals benefit the lessors. (Miguel Juarez for The Washington Post)

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