Quotes of the Day
Friday, Jun. 10, 2011
Analysis of the contracts reveals that many of the deals will provide few jobs and will force many thousands of people off the land.
- ANURADHA MITTA,
- director of the Oakland Institute, a California-based think tank, discussing a land grab by U.S. universities, including Harvard and Vanderbilt: the schools plan to buy or lease vast areas of farmland in seven African countries
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