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31 “Memorandum of Understanding on Construction of Agriculture Technology Transfer Center and Grain Production and Processing Base in the Philippines” – см.: www.newsbreak.com.ph/dmdocuments/special%20coverages/China%20Agri/Fuhua%20MOU.pdf, signed 15 January 2007; “China: Going Outward’ for Food Security”, Strator , 30 April 2008; Luzi Ann Javier, “China’s Appetite for Filipino Paddies Breeds Farmer Opposition”, Bloomberg , 21 February 2008; Tom Burgis and Javier Blas, “Madagascar Craps Daewoo Farm Deal”, Financial Time s, 18 March 2009: “Zambia’s Opposition Condemns Reported Chinese Biofuels Project”, Earth Times , 2 April 2009.

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39 Оценка сделана автором на основании приведенных выше данных по Китаю и Индии, а также по другим странам, в частности Саудовской Аравии и Пакистану, где водные поверхности сокращаются вследствие чрезмерного забора воды.

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