Land Grabbing Is Accelerating as Pressure on Agricultural Resources Grows

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By Yale Environment 360Oct 9, 2015, 11:20 am60 pts
An area about the size of Japan — roughly 140,000 square miles — has been purchased or A land-grabbing operation in Uganda leased by foreign entities for agricultural use during the last 15 years, according to a report by the Worldwatch Institute. An additional 58,000 square miles are under negotiation, the…

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