Bibliograph

Land grabbing, journeys in the new colonialism, by Stefano Liberti ; translated by Enda Flannelly

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Land grabbing, journeys in the new colonialism, by Stefano Liberti ; translated by Enda Flannelly

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-211) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Land grabbing

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

813931664

Responsibility statement

by Stefano Liberti ; translated by Enda Flannelly

Sub title

journeys in the new colonialism

Summary

"To the governments and corporations that are currently buying up vast tracts of the Third World, it is called "land leasing." To its critics this new era of colonization is nothing more than "land grabbing." In this arresting account of how millions of hectares of fertile soil are being stolen to feed the wealthy thousands of miles away, journalist Stefano Liberti takes us from a Dutch-owned model farm in Ethiopia to an international conference in Riyadh, where representatives of Third World governments compete to attract the interest of Saudi investors; from institutional and commercial meetings in Rome to the headquarters of the Landless Workers' Movement in Sao Paulo"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Ethiopia : an Eldorado for investors -- Saudi Arabia : sheikhs on a land quest -- Geneva : the financiers of arable land -- Chicago : the hunger market -- Brazil : the reign of agribusiness -- Tanzania : the frontier of biofuels -- Appendix I. Updates on the Web

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