Land leasing in Ethiopia: a shameless land grab by the rich or an opportunity for the poor?
Segment produced by Paul Moss
[audio:http://farmlandgrab.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/world_tonight.mp3]
Source: BBC 4 (Radio)
Land leasing in Ethiopia: a shameless land grab by the rich or an opportunity for the poor?
Published: 25 February 2010Posted in: Ethiopia, Netherlands
BBC World Tonight | February 25, 2010
with Robin Lustig
Land leasing in Ethiopia: a shameless land grab by the rich or an opportunity for the poor?
Segment produced by Paul Moss
[audio:http://farmlandgrab.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/world_tonight.mp3]
Source: BBC 4 (Radio)
Land leasing in Ethiopia: a shameless land grab by the rich or an opportunity for the poor?
Segment produced by Paul Moss
[audio:http://farmlandgrab.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/world_tonight.mp3]
Source: BBC 4 (Radio)
It is impossible to judge whether it is good or bad, it depends on how the government is reflexive on the governance of the leasing system. For instance, as far as I know the local farmers have not good skills and inactive to articulate their needs. Thus, the active urban and perurban laborers would benefit from wages opportunities of the investment not the farmers