Zekarias Ezra: Does receiving 135 Birr per year for each 1000 square metre of arable land seem to you a good deal for the people of Ethiopia?  I don’t think so.  What is more, like all the foreign land investors in Ethiopia, the company is free to export as much of its produces as it likes.  How is it having such a clause in the contract help Ethiopia?  In entering to such an unconscionable contractual agreement, the Meles government turns the Bako people into indebted servitude for a long 50+ years.  Read More…..