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African Farmers Displaced as Investors Move In

Date: December 21, 2010
Author: Neil MacFarquhar
QUOTE: Across Africa and the developing world, a new global land rush is gobbling up large expanses of arable land. Despite their ageless traditions, stunned villagers are discovering that African governments typically own their land and have been leasing it, often at bargain prices, to private investors and foreign governments for decades to come.

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