Land Grab By The Rich Pushing Out People, Create Hunger In Poor Countries
By Countercurrents.org
http://www.countercurrents.
“In the past decade an area of land eight times the size of the UK has been sold off globally as land sales rapidly accelerate. This land could feed a billion people, equivalent to the number of people who go to bed hungry each night”, said Our Land Our Lives, Time out on the global and rush , an Oxfam briefing note issued recently. “In poor countries,” said the note, “foreign investors have been buying an area of land the size of London every six days.” The trend was found in the period 2006-2010
By Countercurrents.org
http://www.countercurrents.
“In the past decade an area of land eight times the size of the UK has been sold off globally as land sales rapidly accelerate. This land could feed a billion people, equivalent to the number of people who go to bed hungry each night”, said Our Land Our Lives, Time out on the global and rush , an Oxfam briefing note issued recently. “In poor countries,” said the note, “foreign investors have been buying an area of land the size of London every six days.” The trend was found in the period 2006-2010
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