Commerical land grabs threaten global food ecosystem
- Al Jazeera
- 12 June 2014
To end extreme poverty, support smallholder farmers -- not multinational agribusinesses
To end extreme poverty, support smallholder farmers -- not multinational agribusinesses
UK pensions funds and asset management companies potentially have up to £37 billion invested in ‘land grabs’ worldwide, according to a report published by Friends of the Earth.
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