Sierra Leone: local resistance grows as investors snap up land
Farmers and activists more transparent about large-scale land deals with foreign firms and t

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/apr/11/sierra-leone-local-resistance-land-deals?INTCMP=SRCH
Date Written:  2012-04-11
Publisher:  The Guardian
Year Published:  2012
Resource Type:  Article

Ten years after the end of civil war in Sierra Leone, the government is taking great pains to attract large-scale agribusiness investments, which it says will help boost exports and employment opportunites.

Subject Headings

• Activism/Radicalism
• Agricultural Development
• Agricultural Policy & Regulation
• Agriculture/Developing Countries
• Agriculture/Land-Use Issues
• Foreign Investment
• Foreign Investment/Ownership
• Foreign Investment Rules
• Investment/Developing Countries
• Land Rights
• Sierra Leone
• Transnational Corporations