It’s time to outlaw land grabbing, not to make it “responsible”!
01 April, 2011
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01 April, 2011
Today's farmland grabs are moving fast. Contracts are getting signed, bulldozers are hitting the ground, land is being aggressively fenced off and local people are getting kicked off their territories with devastating consequences. While precise details are hard to come by, it is clear that at least 50 million hectares of good agricultural land – enough to feed 50 million families in India – have been transferred from farmers to corporations in the last few years alone, and each day more investors join the rush.
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It’s time to outlaw land grabbing, not to make it “responsible”!
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