The Stream - Are foreign investors colonising Africa?
- Publisher:
- AJstream
- Publication Date:
- 25 October 2011
- Tags:
- Africa, Land and Rural Issues, Agribusiness
New economic powers India and China are being accused of buying land cheaply, uprooting indigenous communities, and exacerbating a food crisis. Are foreign investors colonising Africa? The Stream speaks with Indian author Anand Giridharadas, Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director of The Oakland Institute, and Christine L. Adamow, Managing Director of Africa BioFuel, a U.S. company invested in farmland in Kenya and Tanzania.
