Voice of America: Land Grab in Africa Threatens Food Security

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

Land Grab in Africa Threatens Food Security Oct 5th 2012, 16:02 The International aid agency Oxfam warns that more than 60 percent of investments in agricultural land by foreign investors between 2000 and 2010 were in countries where food security was a major challenge.    The report, Our land, Our lives, also says that Africa's land is the most targeted with known deals equaling nearly five per cent of the continent's total agricultural area.    Oxfam reports that while foreign investment is normally thought of as good for a country, ...

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