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04/01/2017 1 Destroying the basis for sustainable food, land and livelihoods The role of DfID in the great global grab Helena Paul , Econexus Oxford Real Farming Conference 2017 "Resilient food systems and climate change: the UK's International Role" www.occupy.com/article/ukprivatizingaiddevelopingworldcorporationsseektheircut#sthash.i9RSQ2jB.dpbs DfID participates in carving up Africa…

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Page 1: Helena Paul Econexus · 2017-03-01 · 04/01/2017 1 Destroying the basis for sustainable food, land and livelihoods The role of DfID in the great global grab Helena Paul , Econexus

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Destroying the basis for sustainable food, land and 

livelihoods

The role of DfID in the great global grabHelena Paul , Econexus

Oxford Real Farming Conference 2017"Resilient food systems and climate change: the UK's 

International Role"

www.occupy.com/article/uk‐privatizing‐aid‐developing‐world‐corporations‐seek‐their‐cut#sthash.i9RSQ2jB.dpbs

DfID participates in carving up Africa…

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A few pictures to accompany the presentation

The scale and destructiveness of industrial oil palm – just one example of a global industrial monoculture

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Defending land against seizure in Argentina

Women protesting against forceful evictions in Kenya

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Investors are impatient… and investments may fail, but people often do not get their land back

GM crop in Paraguay being sprayed while soldiers guard it against angry 

local communities      with thanks to Miguel Lovera and Sobreviviencia Paraguay

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Landless people in Brazil

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A few different maize varieties from agroecological farming

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The Landless Movement of Brazil marching for Agrarian Reform

An agriculture seed wealth centre, the name given to seed banks by Farida Akhter of UBINIG

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A seed fair in Zimbabwe