Sam Pov, a rice farmer in Cambodia’s western Battambang Province, is very worried that his land will be taken over by a foreign investor.
In Mali the government has approved long-term leases for outside investors to develop more than 160,000 hectares of land. Local farmers say they fear being pushed out.
Au Mali, le gouvernement a approuvé des baux à long terme permettant à des investisseurs extérieurs de mettre en valeur plus de 160 000 hectares de terre, mais des agriculteurs locaux disent avoir peur d’être chassés.
The seizing of the poor farmers' land is destroying their only hope of survival on earth.
- Modern Ghana
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27 December 2010