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Countries Adopt Guidelines on ‘Land Grabbing’

Posted May 11th, 2012 at 8:35 am (UTC-5)
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The United Nations has published guidelines on so-called “land grabbing,” the large-scale purchase of farm and fishing lands by rich countries in the developing world. Members of the U.N. Committee on World Food Security endorsed the guidelines Friday at a meeting in Rome. The guidelines, which are not legally binding, call on governments to protect […]

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