Foreign firms seeking land in Africa for biofuel crops run into opposition from communities and environmental activists despite promising jobs and development.
DIDA ADE, Kenya — With its leaf-thatched mud huts, bad roads, chronic unemployment, crushing poverty and vast tracts of "underutilized" land, the Tana River Delta in eastern Kenya seemed the perfect place for a foreign businessman looking to grow crops that could be turned into biofuel.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/WG6CsIRErsg/la-fg-kenya-biofuel-20130622,0,6976745.story
DIDA ADE, Kenya — With its leaf-thatched mud huts, bad roads, chronic unemployment, crushing poverty and vast tracts of "underutilized" land, the Tana River Delta in eastern Kenya seemed the perfect place for a foreign businessman looking to grow crops that could be turned into biofuel.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/WG6CsIRErsg/la-fg-kenya-biofuel-20130622,0,6976745.story
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