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Hunger and food security: Is Africa selling the farm

Marc Ravalomanana, President of Madagascar at ...Image via Wikipedia
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — In March 2009, civilian protesters led by a baby-faced former disc jockey swarmed through the streets of this hilly capital city. They were calling for the ouster of then-President Marc Ravalomanana for what they saw as literally giving away the farm, selling out his impoverished nation.
The anger was about food. Mr. Ravalomanana reportedly had leased 3.2 million acres – nearly half the island nation's arable land – to a South Korean conglomerate, Daewoo, for 99 years.

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