NGO Calls for Transparency Over Land Purchases
The International Land Coalition has warned that big purchases of African land by richer countries in a drive for food security could fuel unrest if the rights of local farmers are not taken into consideration.
The director of the Coalition, Madiodio Niasse, says there is a general lack of transparency in international land transactions that need to be addressed.
"Since the middle of 2008, there has been this huge international trend of purchasing land abroad", he says.
To read the article titled, “Land grabs could fuel unrest,” click here.
The director of the Coalition, Madiodio Niasse, says there is a general lack of transparency in international land transactions that need to be addressed.
"Since the middle of 2008, there has been this huge international trend of purchasing land abroad", he says.
To read the article titled, “Land grabs could fuel unrest,” click here.
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<br />News24
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