Land grab or development opportunity?
Subtitle: agricultural investment and international land deals in Africa
By: Lorenzo Cotula ... [et al.].
Contributors: International Institute for Environment and Development; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; International Fund for Agricultural Development
Publisher: IIED; FAO; IFAD
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; Rome
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9781843697411
Subjects: Real estate investment; Rural Land use; Land tenure; Law and legislation; Agricultural contracts
Other titles: Agricultural investment and international land deals in Africa
Description: Large-scale acquisitions of farmland in Africa, Latin America, Central Asia and Southeast Asia have made headlines in a flurry of media reports across the world. Yet international land deals and their impacts still remain little understood. This report is a step towards filling this gap. The outcome of a collaboration between IIED, FAO and IFAD, the report discusses key trends and drivers in land acquisitions, the contractual arrangements underpinning them and the way these are negotiated, and the early impacts on land access for rural people in recipient countries--with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa.

London : IIED ; Rome : FAO : IFAD, 2009
Notes: Title from Web page (viewed Dec. 10, 2009)

Includes bibliographical references.

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