World's largest public database lifts lid on the extent and secretive nature of the global demand for land
• Who's investing what and where? Get the dataAlmost 5% of Africa's agricultural land has been bought or leased by investors since 2000,according to an international coalition of researchers and NGOs that has released the world's largest public database of international land deals.
The database, launched on Thursday, and lifts the lid on a decade of secretive deals struck by governments,investors and speculators seeking large tracts of fruitful land in developing countries around the world.
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Source: theguardian.com