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Global land grab 2009: consequences loom

July 9, 2009 by Mike Soron

Nearly $20 to $30 billion a year is being spent by our so-called “rich” countries to acquire agriculture land in poorer regions.
Roughly 20 million hectares of farmland, about half the size of all arable land in Europe, has been sold or prepared to be sold in the last six months. Ten million hectares were acquired [...]

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