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G8 Alliance: Corporate boogeyman or vehicle to smallholder empowerment?

G8 Alliance: Corporate boogeyman or vehicle to smallholder empowerment?

over 12 years ago // Contributor: Jonathan White

The G8’s New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition has lofty goals – and increasingly vocal critics in civil society. As G8 leaders gather in Northern Ireland this week, they must address tough issues like land rights and demonstrate how their commitments help smallholder farmers, writes Jonathan White, a Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund.