Africa's farmers fight the corporate takeover of seeds, land and food

The Ecologist
Jun 3, 2015, 9:43 am28 pts
Lured by promises of aid and investment, African governments are rewriting their laws to create lucrative opportunities for corporate agribusiness, writes Chris Walker - while consigning their own farmers to servitude and landlessness. Small wonder that farmers are rising up, as in Ghana where a new 'Monsanto…

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