Hour long Land Rush film
Darren
mail at vegburner.co.uk
Mon May 13 20:16:43 BST 2013
http://thoughtmaybe.com/land-rush/?lang=en
Land Rush
Rich, land-hungry nations like China and Saudi Arabia are rushing to
Mali, West Africa, to grab up land for large agribusiness investments.
Malian peasants do not welcome these developments however, seeing this
as yet another manifestation of imperialism. Indeed local farmers
themselves are being forced off the land by their own governments to
allow foreign interests in, promising large sums of money. Land titles
are denied, lands are cleared and families moved on. Though as Mali
experiences a military coup and developers are frightened off, the
situation improves for local farmers…
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