{"id":275,"date":"2009-06-05T07:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T12:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itn.mattrock.ca\/2009\/06\/05\/recently-published-a-thirst-for-distant-lands-foreign-investment-in-agricultural-land-and-water\/"},"modified":"2009-06-05T07:51:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-05T12:51:00","slug":"recently-published-a-thirst-for-distant-lands-foreign-investment-in-agricultural-land-and-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2009\/06\/05\/recently-published-a-thirst-for-distant-lands-foreign-investment-in-agricultural-land-and-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Recently Published: A Thirst For Distant Lands: foreign investment in agricultural land and water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently Published:<\/p>\n<p><em>A Thirst For Distant Lands: foreign investment in agricultural land and water<\/em> <br \/>http:\/\/www.<span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips32'>IISD<\/span>.org\/pdf\/2009\/thirst_for_distant_lands.pdf<\/p>\n<p>A new paper published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), and authored by Howard Mann and Carin Smaller, analyzes current trends in the expansion of foreign investment in agriculture. 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