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Article

6 Feb 2013

Author:
Oakland Institute

Indian-Ethiopian Civil Society Summit on Land Investments [India]

On February 6, 2013 the Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF), Kalpavriksh, PEACE, and The Oakland Institute convened a day-long civil society summit at…New Delhi, bringing together activists resisting land grabs across India and Ethiopia.The meeting was a groundbreaking opportunity for dialogue among Ethiopian small farmers and land rights activists and their Indian counterparts, providing space for those directly affected by land grabs to share their experiences, suffering, and collectively strategize to challenge institutional and corporate land grabbers.

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