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The land grabbed in some of the world’s hungriest countries by foreign goverments and corporations could feed up to 550m people, according to new research. The crops grown on grabbed land are frequently exported, or used to produce biofuel, but the new work shows it could end malnourishment in those countries if used to feed local people.
Since 2000, at least 31m hectares (77m acres) of land has been acquired by overseas investors seeking to secure food supplies or increase production, a process dubbed land grabbing. Almost half has been in Africa, particularly Sudan. But Indonesia and Papua New Guinea have been targets too. Proponents argue the foreign investment can increase yields and provide development and employment, but critics say the grabs often occur without the consent of those on the land and lead to food being exported.
originally posted by: karmicecstasy
...I had a dream that Trump was put into the race by his handlers in the secret society world. To prove to their peers that the democracy experiment was/is a failure. To show that it was time to end the experiment and begin something new.
But it was just a dream.
originally posted by: dawnstar
whoever own's your cities debts, owns your city...
whoever owns your employers debts, own's your employer...
whoever owns your debts, own you...
if the same super wealthy entity owns all of your cities debts, along with all the businesses in the cities debts, along with everyone's personal debts, well...
depending on how they handle the upcoming economic collaspe, they can possibly hit the great trifecta and own a city and all it's inhabitants and businesses...
originally posted by: crimsongod21
a reply to: soficrow
Its all funny until some one loses an eye, an ear a nose or other body part....then its.....