South Korea’s global food ambitions: Rural farming and land grabs
- Conducive
- 19 Mar 2011
How did this country turn from being one of the poorest post colonial states in the world to one of the largest land grabbers in recent years?
How did this country turn from being one of the poorest post colonial states in the world to one of the largest land grabbers in recent years?
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