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The Great Land Rush
Documentary looking at how rich, land-hungry nations like China and Saudi Arabia are leasing Mali's land in order to turn large areas into agri-business farms.
75 per cent of Mali's population are farmers, but rich land-hungry nations like China and Saudi Arabia are leasing Mali's land in order to turn large areas into agri-business farms. Many Malian peasants do not welcome these efforts, seeing them as yet another manifestation of imperialism. Tackling questions such as food sovereignty, land ownership and how development is sold to Africa, Hugo Berkeley and Osvalde Lewat's film asks who owns Africa.
A 大象传媒 Storyville film, produced in partnership with the Open University, the film screens as part of Why Poverty? - when the 大象传媒, in conjunction with more than 70 broadcasters around the world, hosts a debate about contemporary poverty. The global cross-media event sees the same eight films screened in 180 countries to explore why, in the 21st Century, a billion people still live in poverty.
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Credit
Role | Contributor |
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Series Editor | Nick Fraser |
Broadcasts
- Tue 4 Dec 2012 22:00
- Tue 4 Dec 2012 23:20大象传媒 HD
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