Friends of the Earth Cardiff Cyfeillion y Ddaear Caerdydd

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European banks, pension funds and insurance companies are increasing global hunger and poverty. They are speculating on food prices and financing land grabs in poorer countries, according to a new report by Friends of the Earth Europe.

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Many people in West African countries such as Mali, Benin, Burkina Faso and Chad depend on growing cotton for a living. In these four countries cotton accounts for between 5 per cent and 10 per cent of their GDP.

West African farmers can produce cotton at a lower cost than almost anywhere else. There are three things stopping them growing cotton:

The WTO auctions off services outside the National Assembly for Wales. Photo: Lyndsay Maiden, Cardiff Friends of the Earth

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