May peace & prosperity, water & wealth, health & balanced development come to Ethiopians, Africans & people all over the world.

Ethiopia has so many domestic and foreign enemies, It has enemies to it's east and to it's north, Yet it's survived for thousands of years and continues to flourish.

@SummerSissle

9 жыл бұрын

Fasil Joshua Ethiopia will not survive in its current form, know this for sure.

@chqnnel2651

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t say flourish. More like limping along.

This is similar to what happened in England prior to the industrial revolution. Common land was taken by the rich to produce cash crops, people was ousted from their villages into the cities, where they became cheap labour.

@TheLawsoftheUniverse

10 жыл бұрын

There is one difference. Here foreign Investors take the land and not the rich authochtone Population. The result might be the same. The poor English Population or Irish population had been brought to America and Australia. But where will the poor African Population go? To Europe? Or what will happen there? And then consider the awaited African demographic development.

@emcaub

10 жыл бұрын

TheLawsoftheUniverse So these poor people are such a threat that we basically have to maintain poor people farms to contain these people because we don't want them in civilization? Perhaps concentration camps would be more efficient. Why keep peasants? The land would be more productive with tractors, and foreigners are willing to bring tractors, then what is the issue? A country is a taxfarm, its government its taxfarmer, if the taxfarmer decides on richer industrialised taxlivestock over peasants, who are we to stop them?

@TheLawsoftheUniverse

10 жыл бұрын

Em Caub It is a better solution to try to solve the problems in the countries where the people come from. In Europe these people are outsiders. They come here with dreams and good thoughts and the will to work for their livelihood.But even if they learn the language they hardly find work because Europe suffers lots of unemployed people. The automation and economization has cost thousands of jobs. One of the major problems in Africa is the high population growth, south of the equator a woman still has 4-5 children in average. So a doubling of the population is to await in only one generation. Europe cannot fix that by taking the overrun of the population. Only a handful of people rule the world with their money. And the people in Africa like the people in Europe cannot await that they change their politics. Corruption grows everywhere and the people are exploited everywhere. So I think the most effective way is the people need to fix their problems in their own countries. So I think the people don´t need refugee relief but stay at home relief. In this way we need to work together.

@rrMuraliRamsamy

10 жыл бұрын

I am also with you and agree with your view. I wanted to click LIKE, but it could also mean otherwise.. like saying I like to get rid off the locals.. Also, the land becomes unusable if it were used with chemicals and fertilizers(so called chemicals) to produce more in short time.. After 1 year , rain water does not get absorbed in soil and even if it does, the water is no more suitable for agriculture or even drinking..

@obiyanko2019

4 жыл бұрын

Not similar to england at all. English were predominantly one people, of the same stock. Ethiopian have many tribal states of differet languages of over 10 major languages. One tribe cannot dominate the government and make policies for all other tribes in a just way. There is always a strong tribal bias in favour of the ruling goverment especially when other tribes are misrepresented.

Hi i am a person actually from the region. I can speak the language i am an anyuak the group affected by these land grabs. Sadly the problem is not the government handing out land to investors (even though thats some major nonsense ) but the investors disruption of the local landscape and habitat do to excessive resource use and over farming. Also us Ethiopians should be very concerned because we have perhaps one of the most fertile lands in all of Africa in fact 80% of what is going to be the Nile river comes from Ethiopia and the government selling the the best land in Africa for pennies on the dollar for 99 years is very problematic to our development and one day we can find ourselves having to ship food in from india, china or saudi Arabia with the label produced in Ethiopia i don't know about y'all be that is a very upsetting thought. If this land was being used by the government to feed our hungry population that (do to global worming has become very susceptible to drought and food shortages) then you could call it an economic sacrifice but this seemingly bad deal for Ethiopia could only mean one thing, the corruption of the government which every one has known for a very long time. The government probably gets mad paper from these companies to sign these deals promising to help the region. the west tries to keep Africa down by crippling them with debt and then pretending to help in the form of Aid which intern helps the capitalistic system by having governments buy a bunch of food to give as aid but though the west has tried very hard to keep us down the solution is not selling our land to even greedier hands Saudi Arabia is going to grow there rice in our country then use it to feed there people IndIa is going to do the same thing and so is China it seems to me like the only people not getting fed by this deal is the Ethiopian people. I think that we need to be more self reliant and understand what Batswana is doing caus they got it right the most peaceful country in Africa we can learn from them.

@carnivalwrestler

4 жыл бұрын

Well, in the past few weeks, U.S. farmers, ordered by our government, have had to destroy cattle herds, chickens, and milk by the millions at the same exact time that we were importing tens of thousands of head of cattle from Africa. So your explanation about Western capitalism is totally false. We are shooting ourselves in the groin to accommodate foreign countries and foreign markets while putting our own farmers and ranchers out of business. And we've been doing this for almost half a century. We've done it to our heavy industry for an even longer period of time. When I lived in Turkey, I saw the biggest name brand pharmaceutical prescription drugs -- the same exact ones that we have in the U.S. -- going for less than 10% of what they cost in the U.S. Our government has been screwing us for 50 years in order to accommodate foreigners, all of whom hate us. And many of us are sick and tired of this shit, and when we get through with our coming Civil War, CHANGES WILL BE MADE!

@formercanadiancitizen4756

2 жыл бұрын

@@carnivalwrestler you can thank the WEF for that

Their government is at fault here. A percentage of land has to be calculated for local use only. Money from investor has to be reinvested quickly to the locals so they can develop their technology and provide for their community. Investment is good, when it actually helps the country not just the corrupt officials. No use in getting money.....you cant eat it... and in time it doesn't buy as much as it use to. Leaders don't sell your people out.

You foreigners are naive you know. You think you understand a society complex as it is with one documentary? The old story you guys putting out to the world was that Ethiopia is a symbol of famine and destitution. Even that story is so exasperated that the world still think we Ethiopian don't eat at all! 85% of our people live scattered in the high and low lands in the rural area. One could easily understand providing basic social welfare like Health, education and clean water could pose a lot of challenge. We don't have the proper infrastructure yet although much is being done improving it. With the right implementation strategy villagization is the right solution for that. Of course there will be flaws and issues in implementing it, Development is not an easy task as it it relates to many aspects of the issues. There is a shortage of teachers, clinicians and the likes. We are also battling those challenges on a different field. Of course there will always be unhappy people with development and the changes which comes with it. Despite difficulties, the country starts its journey to prosperity. We are trying to attract as many foreign investment as we can to support the economy, create more job and ensure food security. This is not only in Agriculture, its also true in other industries. As a result we have seen records double digit economic growth in the recent years. Things are changing in the country even though the wold is still fixated on the idea of associating the country with famine! Where is the documentary about the positive changes? Whey is it always have to be negative? What would you do if you were in our place?

@healthivity9338

6 жыл бұрын

True. These outsiders don't like it when you develop.. They create scary stories. They want you to remain poor and beg. Greedy idiots.

@healthivity9338

6 жыл бұрын

1 out of every 7 person goes to bed hungry in the US, so called most powerful country in the world. Same applies to their drug and gun crises.. These greedy heads won't preach about their inadequacies.. They look for these issues and blow it out of proportion.

@numbers7n

5 жыл бұрын

Is there a genocide against the Anuak? What happened to them in 2003? Do the Chinese and Indian companies hire locals? If not, why not?

why any one with a right mind would want to let investors come in and export all their produces to their home country? It is sad what happen here. Specially the kids, it is heart breaking to see them. What a pig government , and lastly the lease is for 99 years , this is not a lease, they used the name lease just it sound as if they don't own it.

@seifeseattle

9 жыл бұрын

Just 5 Euros per hectare.

@puppetken

8 жыл бұрын

+Seifu Tsegaye If I had lots of money I would just give the money to the locals and they would own their own land!! Period! Love these people they work hard! Beautiful people!

is is random but..... 2:30 cutest baby you've ever seen in your life

@unitedsnakes1272

6 жыл бұрын

Totally agree, very cute.

@TheCanadiangirl4

5 жыл бұрын

I agree, she was absolutely beautiful.

@retardedhorseshakarunshaka3755

4 жыл бұрын

@TheSwoleBroscientist get help

Accelerated growth is short sighted. Once you tie investors to land, you drop the value and self esteem of your own people. The way India and most Asian countries guaranteed sustained prosperity is by never allowing foreign investors to have more than 50% ownership of companies that profited from their land. Their contracts ensured that local labor and resources were used, over 50% of net returns had to be invested back in the country...etc. They lived within their means for 50 years with slow and sustained growth. No investor is there to give aid, they always want ever greater returns. Develop your indigenous technologies and skills, use traditional methods so land is not pillaged, grow at your own pace, which may be slow but it will be sustained and long term, and not reliant on other nations.

I am both Ethiopian and Kenyan the land in Ethiopian is 100% owned by gouvernement while in Kenya is individual. Speaking from experience.

@jamesflynn527

6 жыл бұрын

Julie lilote not true I own a land & it's mine 100% with no property tax & none of that b.s.

@edensolomon23

4 жыл бұрын

@James Flynn stop lying you don’t even know the system of ethiopia

amazing documentary good work! sad to see my people suffer :(

I would definitely live in Ethiopia.

@Ethiopianexposer

4 жыл бұрын

i wouldn't recommend it now but in a few years that's my idea, its like spring year round.

@eho6380

3 жыл бұрын

If you've the right job, sure. If you don't, you'll suffer the bad life quality and conditions.

".. the mad rush to feed the planet..." how true yet scary.

sad and terrible.

Oh pray to the GOD of ethiopia comes back again and clear ethiopia AGAIN from those who want to steal from her. This has been her struggle and is now for those African with money somewhere else to give back to mother Africa and HELP your brothers and sister if you analize sje wont need much, the other nations wanting her products will reward you more because THEY need whay she has to offer , amd this will keep ethiopia free to advance. Up you mighty race you can accomplish what you will...

The way these people have suffered only to be ripped by these fvcking theives!! Disgusting entirely !!

Very good documentary....I'm not sure what to think of the governement's position,very difficult.....but what's certain is that they need to fix the health and education problem.....

I'm Ethiopian and have never seen any Ethiopian that looks like that ever, he looks Sudanese.

THESE COMPAINES SHOULD EMPLOY THESE TRIBES AND TRAIN THEM TO WORK IN THE FARMS , GIVING MEANINGFUL PAYS.

@luckyadeloye3452

Жыл бұрын

@wang tie, the pay will never be meaningful!!!

Smaller investors like the Turkish businessman are NOT the problem. It is huge investors like the Chinese government, or USA and European, corporations, which can purchase large tracts of land and then plant monocultures. Industrial agriculture destroys the soil. Even in the USA, which has had large soil conservation programs since the 1930s,, loses 6 kilograms of topsoil to erosion for each kilogram of food produced. Further, the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides, the microbiota of the soil is destroyed. Ethiopia is buying a few decades of prosperity for destroying their agricultural land. Crops for biofuels instead of food. What a lousy tradeoff! It has been demonstrated in the USA that the energy conversion factor for biofuels is less than 1! PERMACULTURE AND BIOINTENSIVE GARDENING (if you are not familiar with these topics, look them up online) would serve the average Ethopian, and the land (1/10th the water and space and 1% of the fossil fuel energy), of industrial agriculturae, far more than the corporate ethics of international companies. Wake up Ethiopia, you are being used worse than many Afriican countries during colonial times. Not all "progress" is sustainable!

@peterwang5196

8 жыл бұрын

I have noticed that you are quite informed in general, but unfortunately, in this case, you talked before you did your homework. There are no Chinese large scale agricultural land leases in Ethiopia. Open your eyes.

@brooksanderson2599

8 жыл бұрын

Peter Wang You appear to be correct about the amount of land actually leased. Many of the deals fell through after the Chinese found the legal protection and infrastructure to be inadequate. One report has only 38 deals completed out of 60 proposed.in Southern Africa.

@cius2112

8 жыл бұрын

+Brooks Anderson the issue is that the Ethiopian govt is so short sighted it would rather make a few euros a year than invest a little money and make make much more money by increasing its productivity and exporting its crops.

@brooksanderson2599

8 жыл бұрын

This is a worldwide problem in "developing" countries. They encourage growing commercial cash crops instead of basic food. The good news is that there are intensive agricultural tecniques like rainwater harvesting,and biointensive gardening, as used by Cuba, which can increase land productivity by 8 to 10 times. Go yo KZread and enter Mexico, a medium-developed country, and about the 10th largest economyon Earth, imports about 45% of its basic food - a very dangerous level. I'm here trying to encourage both rainwater harvestig and biointensive gardening. :-)

@mathiso01

8 жыл бұрын

+Brooks Anderson you are correct.

africa is still living in the stone age. wow

That price is waaaay to low for at $6 per hectare (2-1/2 acres) per year!

down the road this will be forgotten about which is sad this is tribesman land id rather they keep the rain forests the whole world will pay for this one

Journeyman Pictures documentary on human rights and democracy in Ethiopia please. Thank you and kudos on the other Ethiopian documentaries too.

Why can't they at least lease the land to investors at a far higher price than 5 euros per hectare? If investors are paying 3-500 euros in asia, and less in other places, then surely they can afford to pay 50, 100 or more euros in fertile Ethiopia? Particularly Saudis, who are only a short flight away and who are sitting on TRILLIONS. Then use the surplus to improve infrastructure, reinvest into local entrepreneurs, machinery and equipment for local farmers, schools and facilities for local and indigenous people...so all of Ethiopia benefits. I would offer very affordable rates for locals (offset by the profits from rich foreign investors) to encourage growth within Ethiopia and support local businesses, farmers and markets. I find it disguising when I go to the British supermarkets in summer and see green beans imported all the way from Africa when they grow very easily in the UK, the price is so cheap in the UK and you just know that the African farmers are getting nothing from it. Boycott such products and ensure farmers and villagers are paid a LIVING WAGE for their labors and that any benefits packages offered by companies are implemented...If the west released its grip on Africa and let her grow and flourish, A lot of Africans would be in a much better position now. How sad that this colonial attitude still exists to this day. Send machinery, knowledge, technology over instead of 5 fucking euros for a hectare...watch Ethiopia increase its output by crazy amounts, then buy any surplus off them at the price it would command at a local market... but no, pretty much everyone outside of Africa wants to exploit and have an abundance of cheap things.

@sebastiaonunesdelima6575

5 жыл бұрын

Why the government doesnt invest on his own people enable them to develop their farm?, He could hire high skill technicians who teach them to prepare the soil for lpantation or operate tractors. He could provide credit forthem to purchase necessary equipments. Here in Brasil agribusiness turned the lives of homestead owners into a nightmare, murders occurs every year due to land grab achieved by geedy agribusiness.

@brooklynsecrets21

5 жыл бұрын

This whole entire country should think more about there people then the ones that live in other countries there shouldnt be no starving kids or homeless people walking around if it had better structure . stop allowing people to come in and dictate how the fuck to do things and whats best for your country if everyone was happy and living ok with no worries alot of the thieves thats robbing people breaking into homes and stick up kids would probably stop . everyone could benefit from any buisness deals just got to stop exporting damn near all ur goods to uk and where ever else its going and not putting aside for your people to eat . they should always come first why in the fuck has the chinese come to africa to open up 13 gat damn police stations as if you dont think about the africans that lived their all there lives should have first picking for the jobs .. Man this whole gat damn world is corrupted with to many greedy selfish ass people and arnt thinking about nobody but themselves . well thnks to the internet theyll all be exposed there should be farming in every community run by the people living in them . its easy to keep your own people happy how do u sleep at night knowing people are dieing kids are dieing because there starving thats just obsurd to me . theres a better way of treating these human beings in africa also give them a certain number of kids they can have so they'll stop bringing them into this world so they could starve and die thats a big problem they can get under control over give the jobs to the people living in that area stop taking all the fucking money and living lavishly while theres people out there with no water food or shoes on their feet . money is the rule of all evil and those will see judgement day soon god doesnt like the ugly

@carnivalwrestler

4 жыл бұрын

Why? Open your eyes, it's because of bribery.

the world is coming to an end... God please bless your innocent Children ...@Amen

I wondering how much change has been made since the upload of this video. Hope the villagers made out real good

Ethiopia started from a very low starting point. It was one of the 6 lowest income countries by PPP. 1984 famine shocked the world. In the last decade, Ethiopia ranked one of the fastest developing economies in the world, averaging 11% per year. China is the largest investor in Ethiopia, bar none. From the title, you can see this documentary is a slant attack on China as well as the late prime minister Zenawi. But all it talked was agricultural land lease. And China did not own any large agricultural land lease!

@VEE-rd7cu

4 жыл бұрын

China mistreats their own peoples. They will not respect Africa anymore than whites.

@zemichaelatnafu1121

3 жыл бұрын

That is the truth; Meles was a horrible leader who divided the land to ethnic lines.

People have to be realistic. Ethiopia is trying to develop quickly and there are those who become economic casualties that result but if the vast majority are benefiting then it can be justified. All Ethiopians must contribute in order for it to be successful in tackling the challenges facing the country.

@PUFFBOMB77

10 жыл бұрын

But they don't set Any rules for the investors they can do whatever they want to the land thus destroying it. What if they use chemicals to grow their crops and that stuff goes to the water stream and the lakes of gambella. that's putting the locals in danger. Not worth it keep the land virgin

@asefawoldu1777

10 жыл бұрын

PUFFBOMB77 Of course there should be rules to developing the land but Ethiopia has been experiencing rapid economic growth and is trying to become a middle income country by 2020. All Ethiopians must abandon outdated farming practices that are already stripping the land of vital nutrients.

@Mekoc9

6 жыл бұрын

So then why is there a mass genocide against the anuak community? Why are they they majority being displaced from their lands? Why are they the main casualty throughout decades of government oppression and atrocities?

@nati2821

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mekoc9 because their land is rich, the goverment of ethiopia has done that for many years not just in gambella but in the entire ethiopia. they killed many amaran because thier land had coffe. in addis(capital city of ethiopia) the goverment took a land of 1km^2 from the people(killing those who resisted) and sold it to a saudi arabian investor it is not surprising to ethiopias. we are used to it.

It's a good idea. It will make the local farmers more productive. It's shoking to think a country with so much fertile land gets famine. It's just that the government needs to charge more.

It is ironic that ethiopians pride themselves on never being colonized yet behave economically in the same way those that were colonized do. Always selling their resources to india, china, etc who were also colonised as other subsaharan countries. Just an observation.

Land for sale in Ethiopia! i hope the Rastafarians see this doc. a good opp for them to pool their resources and realize their long held desire to go back to Africa..

I would think a country like Ethiopia would be a great place to implement an Aquaponics project

We have always been a people that hates progress...You have to move forward from old ways to stay competitive this has always been our downfall in African society's. Exploitation would occur with or without the outsiders. Education is a good thing.

@omaaronepiece2878

7 жыл бұрын

Real Black Indian a

Great Spirit, please let Thy Will be done for land in Ethiopia.

May peace, wealth, health, equity & equality come to Ethiopia, Africa & people all over the world.

Haha... why do the captions switch from English to French at 7 minutes into the video? I speak both languages fluently, but seriously, what is that!

Why is everyone traumatized with selling or leasing of Ethiopian Land. It's good to have a mutual arrangement of benefit. At one point all the investors have to leave- 2 day tomorrow or day after leaving behind the good and the bad. And the good is going to be of larger magnitude than the bad. It's the Govt that the people should be negotiating with for their peoples betterment. Imagine one mango cultivator with a size-able investment in 3 to 4 yrs gives up to USD 32 million to the Govt from export. There are many more business which give high returns to the Govt and as time goes by many projects will be completing their time frame in Ethiopia n will have to leave if not renew the contract, if they renew they are going to pay higher to Govt. The real cheaters r the NGO's abroad who open a small shop in Ethiopia and in turn fill their pockets by taking donations from all over the world in name Of Ethiopia doing little for the country One should not under estimate Melese Zenawi, he definitely has brains and balls. No one can keep the inequality for ever - there has to be better Ethiopia / education / infrastructure / railways / roadways hospitals - U can not starve Ethiopia forever - it was growing slow in it's own pace however will accelerate by the decade. WhatsApp +971553886049

The worst thing that happened to africa was the end of COLLONIALISM.

typical corporate takeover smh

wait wait wait, i can buy land there for 7 usa dollars a year per hectare? I must be missing something, I know the place has its problems but wow, seems like itd be hard to lose money with that investment

This is excellent report , and it is primary report as she is interviewing the officials and the peoples who lives their.

Beautiful country. I hate to see it Americanized.

You said the company named 'Ruchi' is from India. But its from Bangladesh. Huge mistake there.

@2:33 I just want to pinch those cheeks. That baby is gorgeous!

I like those people. They look intelligent.

Like Ethiopia cannot provide subsidies and extension services for its own people to do farming? Do these people realize what is at stake here? No win-win strategy here.

@carnivalwrestler

4 жыл бұрын

They don't get bribes from their own people.

i wish i had the money to help

The Ethiopian government should not sell the land but rather lease it if they want foreign investment. The rent should reflect a price based on a % of the profits made by the foreign investors. And, the government should ensure a % of the crops produced be sold to the citizens at local prices.

wow, we hear nothing of it here in UK. Let us hope their heads will roll...

TODAY I HAVE COME TO KNOW THAT SOME OF MY TRIBES, ARE STILL IN ETHIOPIA GAMBELLA REGION, LUO PEOPLE MUST NOT BE AFRAID, YOUR'E SO MANY IN THIS WORLD,

@godsonwanyera7694

4 жыл бұрын

Yes luos are found in 5 countries outside Kenya northern Tanzania,eastern Uganda acholis etc,southern Sudan,Ethiopia gambela region and Eastern Congo too.Google luo people it shows you all even me I didn’t know they are found in Ethiopia and Congo.Am luo too

I hope the idea is not to push the owners of the land away under the disguise of farming. This will lead to war.

Thank God finally our country Ethiopia is making use of its resources. No More Food Aid! That is how I view it. Of course this doesnt fit with the west's plan for Africa of keeping us forever on a food aid leash.

Who translated this? I speak the language and they literally butchered the majority of what was said 🙄

@godsonwanyera7694

4 жыл бұрын

Neen are you luo

Ethiopia is rich in natural resources but their people are very lazy 99% they are waiting red cross always to fed expired foods

They have good natural resources ..but education is must...

Progress is expensive. The future generation will enjoy the benefits.

@jeffreynewland6430

8 жыл бұрын

yes the future Generations will see better and they will see better because of the great power of communism

@bikechannel4931

7 жыл бұрын

The future generation will be enslaved. They will live marginally better lives with few benefits. They will work long hours so that they can afford the heavy taxation their overlords will place on them. Progress is subjective.

@afroafro2212

6 жыл бұрын

Jeffrey Newland you mean capitalism not communism? Communism = Death.

Progress? I hope in the longer term the health of the soil is borne in mind. with crops taking out 2ce per year what is being returned? Are pH levels being monitored and addressed as required? Pleased to see examples where local labor is being used to manage the land but developing the knowledge and skills of the local people to enable them to farm more effectively would demand large, costly and time consuming inputs. Cooperative farming groups could be a viable alternative development?

how is this tragic in any way? sorry but i cant see it, its rather the opposite

@levarmitchell3962

7 жыл бұрын

geppegep This is tragic for the white paternalist liberals who want to keep black Africans poor.

Grapes of Wrath basically...

I work there the land is not for sale. It is leasing land. You are anti ethiopia development. Check the great famine and hunger back on 1985 live aid. No more famine get lost. Viva ethiopia

@akeldama5434

10 жыл бұрын

This is nothing but pure propaganda probably funded by Egypt. Very common practice by jealous and bitter enemies. We shall grow, build and progress. Ethiopia lezelalem tenure.

The country has massive dollar deficit and to import it needs revenue from exports. agriculture is the easiest source of income. 50% of all people cant read and write! without dollars, ethiopia cant import anything, cant build infrastructure and cant develop. its not good to chase humans off their land but in the long run what is the alternative to developing the agricultural land? Where else can dollars be earned? without dollars and development, jobs will be scarce...

Cambr. Uni alum wrote parts of the colonial code and the first world governments are still shipping grains and other food (cocoa, spices, cotton, tea, coffee, veg etc) from East Africa. There is no Land left for them. Still European schools and universities teach us Africa is a barren desert.

I'd say to Ethiopians and all of black Africa to ignore videos like this. Don't be deceived. They have only their interests in mind. They fear a world of educated and economically independent Africans that they will have to compete with on a world stage. And shame on the Africans who have bought into this propaganda. Ethiopia has no better way to develop but through using the best industrial resources to produce food on a large scale. Ancient farming techniques are part of the problem. Journeyman Pictures seems to think that Africans would be much happier living as hunter gatherers and on rations... to sustain their "traditional way of life" of course. They will protest the building of hydroelectric dams that can support modern hospitals, schools, housing, transportation, and business all because, supposedly some tribes representing less than 1 percent of Ethiopia, don't want it. This is ridiculous because those groups refuse to live a more modern life and yet some a the small modern changes hasn't erased their culture at all but has preserved it. Why should the rest of Ethiopia, that wants development, suffer for the tiny few who don't want it...that is if it's true that most of that minority doesnt want it. As for the supposed forced villagisations, there's only been hearsay and no concrete evidence. There's been no evidence that development has caused tribal tensions that weren't already there. White liberals are so slimey. They are trying to exploit ethnic differences real or imagined. Their view of Africa is a perpetual open air museum of primitives for white people to gawk at and be reminded constantly of how superior they are and satisfy their poverty porn fetish.

@Zeramey

5 жыл бұрын

So Land grab is the solution for development in Africa?

@BW-fz5kf

5 жыл бұрын

Levar Mitchell We Ethiopians and Eritreans aren't black were habesha.

@annalisagomes2743

5 жыл бұрын

The Ethiopian government should educate the Ethiopians and do not let the foreigners dictate 99% to the government to treat them like slaves. You were once a slave and you do not want them to be. They used to be free men and women but now they became slaves of their own government in their own country. This video the ugly side of growth where they ignore the less educated and less fortunate. The government should provide them with the tools, knowledge and be partners. They should invest in their own people rather than taking away the best land and opportunity that belong to them. YOU WERE ONCE A SLAVE, YOUR GREAT GRANDMOTHER, GREAT GRANDFATHER. THE FOUGHT FOR THEIR FREEDOM ONCE THEY HAVE BECAME AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE DEFENDING THEM. YOU WERE ONCE A SLAVE. DO NOT LET THEM BE!

@annalisagomes2743

5 жыл бұрын

THE APECO PROJECT IN THE PHILIPPINES 13,000 HECTARES OR 32,123.7 ACRES The government of the Philippines stole the Dumagat Tribes' Ancestral Domain because of an ill-fated and selfish project. A family of politicians, who had nothing but now owns almost the whole province, convinced the government to start the Apeco project through the expense of the land of few tribes who settled in the area over 400 years ago. kzread.info/dash/bejne/n5OI0rWvnJXLYso.html

@HillbillyBoogie1

5 жыл бұрын

Levar Mitchell I think the hunter-gatherer tribes are some of the happiest people in Africa. They live a great life compared to most africans.

Investors should work with the people who know the land, but small farms don't make the money large farms do.

Africa will always be poor , they don't use the time and the land in proper manner

😎🤗🤗"We're walking with our eyes on everyone else, ignoring the screams that come from the people buried alive underneath our feet. Yet we say we're here for each other and say we care. And we hypocritically wonder why everyone is walking passed our own screams as though we don't do the same"" Caitlyn Paige

where do they plug in their PS4?

@eythanhouse5629

4 жыл бұрын

here for a school project btw

that same villaging project is what lead to Americas' black african housing "project". now we have all kinds of social and cultural clashes between us as Africans over here.

Wait, the same country that has in the past been rescued by the rest of the world from dying of hunger and famine is now letting out its land at $6.55 a hectare a year? Well, isn't that just grand.

How can they grow rice in such a dry environment. It would use up all the water.

Would it be any different if it were the Ethiopian government developing the land in this way, and exporting the produce? Should smallholder farmers club together and form a conglomerate and access export markets? Perhaps we should just put a fence round the smallholders and consign them to being curios.

Journeyman Pictures should update its Stock Pictures/Videos of Africa. Pictures of skinny cattle/people, bicycles or an outdated stock exchange photo is sooooo British Colonial. This is the 21st century and 2018. Get with the program.

In my countries $50.000 USD resident rate per year rent.

One needs to recognize the sovereignty of tribal communities over their lands. Modern sovereign states in Africa are barely 100 years old. Tribal states have existed for 1000s of years. Commonwealth cannot be by compulsion. It needs to be negotiated. Denial of sovereignty of natives over their native land merely because of new colonial boundaries serves the dominant ruling class very well, particularly in countries dominated by tribalism like most sub-saharan countries Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Ghana, say. Though it may serve the dominant tribe's goals today in the long term it breeds discontent and is a recipe for disaster and violent inter-tribal insurrections. There was Biafra in Nigeria, there is oromo discontent in ethiopia. The sounther nations whose lands are being misappropriated and have no voice today may find a voice tomorrow. This is oppression of the voiceless.

Ethiopia is so underdeveloped. Rwanda is more serious about improvement.

Between progress and famine, I would pick up the first one.

1:11 Ficou no vácuo.

The mistake for Ethiopia is only the fact that we failed to lease those lands for western investors against their completely non responsive desire to invest in Africa, least in Ethiopia!!

investors.why they dont dig a well to the villages???

This is a local policy is wrong as it will disenfranchised the locals at the expense of greedy foreigners. You can't take land for local subsistence and give it to foreigners to grow their type of food and cash crops. Ethiopia was never colonised but this is a sure way of bring in neo-colonealism. Okello N'jaramba.

It seems to actually have been better during the colonial era. At least, the fighting wasn't this horrible.

@levarmitchell3962

7 жыл бұрын

infinitecanadian Ethiopia was never colonized dude

tribal village leaders admit they haven't done anything for 1000 years. First, one child per family, second, get electricity and let the foreign investment pour in. Then the standard of living in these tiny villages will get a lot better actually. Investors bring new equipment, new higher paying jobs to lesser people (one child) and build paved roads, rail, etc. This is so biased towards fools. Tribal villages are run by complete failures, just look at their lives. Look at the lives of "modern" tools (the tractor was invented 100 years ago!) Get real.

@cius2112

8 жыл бұрын

+SassyHershsey SassyHershey lol no, they would make FAR more money if the government invested in these farmers and helped them modernize so they could properly farm the land and then export the crops. Trust me they would make more they'd much more than 5-25 Euros per hectare a year. Not to mention the country would be much more self sufficient being able to grow their own crops. There is a reason American heavily subsidizes its agriculture sector.

@skipsassy1

8 жыл бұрын

Pass_the_M One child per family is in my opinion why poverty will always beach itself on the farmer - modernization takes away useful jobs - so those kids need training at the mechanical level. I agree with you on sustainable farming - but 40 years of subsidies will do the opposite if they are improperly expended.

@joaquingonzalo1945

8 жыл бұрын

These local primitive farmers cant even produce for self substain.. You can rely on local expertise cause there is not susfficient enough to mass produce.. Thats why you have to bring in professionals with knowledge and efficiency.. Bring in entrepenurs. The communist way has not worked ever and will never work.. !!

I actually meant the whole of Africa, but Ethiopia was colonized for a short period of time by the Italians before the Second World War.

@levarmitchell3962

7 жыл бұрын

infinitecanadian That was not a colonization. That was an occupation. They didnt didn't even control the entire country then.

Point of correction the the gambela head office when you say you are bringing your pple closer leaving long each other in some years to come the popution will grow and wait there will be more suffuring

hmmm.... how about NO.

Ethiopia...biblically known as the land of Kush...the source of the river Nile. Africa...used & abused

A black African sitting in a hut with no electricity wearing a coca cola t shirt and complaining about being in financial debt is a tragedy. Leave it to normal people to not be able to tell why. Living in a hut with no electricity is not a tragedy. Making a profit off of debt is a tragedy. And it's tragic whether it's happening in a hut in Africa or at a college in America. The idea that you can give somebody some money. Then you just wait. Later, when they give you back the money, you have more than you started with. And you haven't done anything... You haven't produced anything... Where did that profit come from? That is tragic.

Typical Euro-centric video of Africa. If you are interested in videos on Ethiopia avoid Journeyman Pictures. The Company carefully crafts its videos to present a view of Africa as "war-torn","Impoverished", "Backwards", you fill out the rest. Nothing could be further from the truth. You will literally fall off your chair when you see actual videos of Africa!

I can't believe that actually those sad, filthy animals call themselves humans. What a joke

Because Americans want something today, pay later/never. America does not produce enough to keep up their Americans lifestyle demands.

This would never happen in GHANA 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭

you should allow bit not in such quantity

Why dosnt Ethiopia just lease the land old jimmy

Its a gat damn shame there own goverment would allow land to be sold to people not from here and mk these families move elswwhere while the ones that bought the property are getting the money and paying the workers pennies and cant even survive off there pay checks . theres got to be away these workers could live and tk care of there families while taking care of the land so everyone is benefiting from this . just got to mk some noise to mk this happen and everybody will happy and nobody will lose if they do things right

In my opinion civilization is good. and development on infrastructure such as medical, schools, water and power is essential for growth of any. We should foucs on our services than blame investors who use local labor to do the work and as will as bring community together on infrastructure level. I come to believe this documentary is one sided and really don't show the whole picture

Something for Avaaz.org

At least you have the land even if it is leased in Romania they sell the land to foreigners forever ,they have about 50% of all arable land and Romania is about 45% arable land...keep your land and work it ,nothing is more important than food and water ,money does not mean shit ,trust me

Greedy and corroupt individuals are lying representing Gambella with their fake English accents. They are the one benefiting but not the indiginous Gambella. But I appreciate the displaced people to tell the tuth and also I thank the reporters because she reported exactly what is happening.

YOU DON'T THE DIFFERENCE BTTEEWN SOUTH SUDAN AND ETHIOPIA