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Land taken foreign investors could feed 550m people, study finds

2014-06-27 11:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The land grabbed in some of the worlds 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...

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