May 17, 2012 Dear President Obama: Your ... - Oakland Institute
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Name From Comments<br />
160. tanya smart g, United Kingdom Why can't the US govt (and whoever it works for) sort itself<br />
out and stop messing about with other people and their<br />
lands? The US govt seem to have the mentality of a<br />
toddler who's never been told no, and who's turned into a<br />
tantrum-prone bully who could now seriously do with a<br />
solid spanking and a time-out, for being so seriously<br />
unsociable...haha, I wish it could be so simple...<br />
161. Maconen<br />
Dahlborn<br />
Saltsjöbaden,<br />
Sweden<br />
162. Alyou Tebeje sT PAUL, MN<br />
163. Susanne McNally Geneva, NY Have you learned nothing from history?<br />
Land grabs for corporations are evil. Plantation agriculture<br />
CAUSES hunger. Look at Ireland in 1845. Look at India<br />
under the British. Look at Madagascar, ruined in an effort<br />
to resist this fate. What are you thinking?<br />
164. Don Manhire Colchester, United<br />
Kingdom<br />
165. Endashaw Worku Tucker, GA TPLF IS Corrupted & Murderer Government.<br />
166. Mark Bowers Sacramento, CA<br />
167. Kathy Beavin Bothell, WA<br />
168. eveline hartneck leutkirch, Germany<br />
169. Beyene kassu Brussels, Belgium<br />
<strong>17</strong>0. Aschalew Aberra Indianapolis, IN<br />
<strong>17</strong>1. Jerry Greenfield Williston, VT<br />
<strong>17</strong>2. DUSTIN<br />
FRIEDMAN<br />
Huntington, NY<br />
<strong>17</strong>3. Emily Ingebretsen Brooklyn, NY<br />
<strong>17</strong>4. Nancy Lovejoy Wilbraham, MA<br />
<strong>17</strong>5. Rahul Mehta Mississauga, Canada For decades, Ethiopia has been known to the outside<br />
world as a country of famine, food shortages, endemic<br />
hunger, and chronic dependency on foreign aid. Despite<br />
receiving billions of dollars in aid, Ethiopians remain<br />
among the poorest in the world. Since early 2008, the<br />
Ethiopian government has embarked on a process to<br />
award millions of hectares (ha) of land to foreign and<br />
national agricultural investors. Our research shows that at<br />
least 3,619,509 ha of land have been transferred to<br />
investors, although the actual number may be higher. The<br />
Ethiopian government claims that these investments will<br />
allow for much needed foreign currency to enter into the<br />
economy and will contribute to long-term food security<br />
through the transfer of technology to small-scale farmers.<br />
Through interviews with impacted communities,<br />
government officials, investors, civil society and others, this<br />
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