natural riches of precious resources. and a rewarding investment. farmland has been called ethiopia's green gold. the country has an abundance of life and leases it to international giants the government is after high export revenues to corporations high profit margins but not everyone benefits from the booming business. would give when i saw the elders clearing the land i was devastated giving up without could they bulldoze the land without my permission removed what i knew it belonged to i mean a woman. expropriation environmental destruction starvation. crisis from government and corporate.