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> One of the problems in the third world is that thugs backed by local politicians can illegally take over your land.

That's not even limited to the third world. Source: Personal experience of owning farmland in a first world country, with a mining company operating nearby, while living elsewhere myself. The only mitigation is to get involved in local politics, and to play as dirty as the thugs do. Not something you can do from far away.

tl;dr: I'd be biased towards selling, after getting a couple of independent opinions on value.