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The publication - despite the reality an undocumented 90 percent of rural lands in Sub Saharan Africa - manages to provide "simple practical steps to turn the hugely controversial subject of "land grabs" into a development opportunity by improving land governance to reduce the risks of dispossessing poor landholders while ensuring mutually beneficial investors' deals."
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