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    Ethiopia: A Battle for Land and Water: Food for 9 Billion
    Ethiopia: A Battle for Land and Water: Food for 9 Billion
    Ethiopia: A Battle for Land and Water: Food for 9 Billion
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    Ethiopia: A Battle for Land and Water: Food for 9 Billion

    Written by PBS NewsHour

    Narrated by PBS NewsHour

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    About this audiobook

    A controversial resettlement program in Ethiopia is the latest battleground in the global race to secure prized farmland and water. Correspondent Cassandra Herrman reports as part of the Food for 9 Billion series, a NewsHour partnership with the Center for Investigative Reporting, Homelands Productions and Marketplace.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNewsHour Productions
    Release dateMar 27, 2012
    ISBN9781987106541
    Ethiopia: A Battle for Land and Water: Food for 9 Billion

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