Thursday, June 18, 2009

International Land grab in the name of food security

In the era of Food insecurity and crisis and more importantly, the growing pressure on farmland the corporate world and extortionist economic barons have found a new solution, grabbing lands of poorer and unsecured countries. Governments of some of the over spending countries are also in the race. Another crisis of much higher magnitude and impact is in offing for the poor and unsecured countries.
Following are the links for detailed reading.
‘Land grabbing’ must be disciplined: UN expert on food
@ http://abbaymedia.com/News/?p=2581


Seized: The 2008 landgrab for food and financial security
@ http://www.grain.org/briefings_files/landgrab-2008-en.pdf

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