Commenting on a new World Bank report...which...backs the practice of nations selling vast agricultural lands to foreign investors...Mariann Bassey, African food and agriculture coordinator for Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria said: “Rural communities and the environment in poor countries are being ignored in the rush for our land and resources." "This is a problem that has been created by rich nations and is being pursued with relentless speed by overseas companies across the global south."...“A clear cause of land grabs is the demand for biofuels. This demand is transforming our natural resources into fuel crops, taking away food-growing farmland, and creating conflicts with local people over land ownership."