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For20years,globalfoodpriceswerestabilized,andthehungercrisisseemedtobeundercontrol.Butby2008,priceshadincreased,populationswererisingupandtehAfricancontinenthadbecomeaplaygroundforforeigninvestors.CountriessuchasSouthKorea,SaudiArabiaandChinaboughtuplargeareasoffertileAfricanlandtoproduceenoughfoodinthenearfuture.Butwhoselandisit?Doesitbelongtothefarmersorisitgovernmentproperty?ThisinvestigativedocumentaryfocusesonSosumar,ahugeprojectthathastheMaliangovernmentcollaboratingwithalargegroupofforeigninvestors.AgiantsugarplantationisbeingplannedintheNigerbasinattheedgeoftheSahara,andthismeansthatanumberoflocalfarmershavetoberelocated.Thepropertydeveloperisawareofthefactthatthefarmersneedtobeinvolved,becausetheold-styleland-grabapproachdoesn'tworkanymore.Thepopulationisdivided-theprojectwillprovidejobs,butpeoplearebeingaskedtosacrificetheirtraditions,andmoneyisn'talwaysthemostimportantthing."Onlywhitepeopleknowthevalueofmoney.They'retheoneswhomadeit,andiftheygiveuslotsofmoneyforourland,thenourlandismorevaluablethantheirmoney."