Large food firms back voluntary plan to stop land grabbing | Land Portal
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Markets | Mon Aug 17, 2015 4:01pm EDT


Large food firms back voluntary plan to stop land grabbing


BY CHRIS ARSENAULT


 


TORONTO, Aug 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Global food giants and international NGOs have drafted a framework to prevent land grabs just as hedge funds, companies and plantation owners race to acquire new territory.


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