TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cotula,Lorenzo
ED  - International African Institute.
ED  - Royal African Society.
ED  - World Peace Foundation.
TI  - The great African land grab?: agricultural investments and the global food system 
SN  - 9781780323107 (hb)
AV  - HD966 .C688 2013
U1  - 338.516 22
PY  - 2013///
CY  - London, New York, New York
PB  - Zed Books, in association with International African Institute, Royal African Society, [and] World Peace Foundation, Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillian
KW  - Land tenure
KW  - Africa
KW  - Land use, Rural
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Agriculture and state
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Real property
KW  - Investments, Foreign
KW  - Food supply
KW  - Landnahme
KW  - gnd
KW  - Agrobusiness
KW  - Lebensmittelindustrie
KW  - Sol, Utilisation agricole du
KW  - Afrique
KW  - Histoire
KW  - ram
KW  - Accaparement des terres
N2  - Large-scale land acquisitions have become one of the most talked about and contentious topics amongst those studying, working in or writing about Africa. Some have welcomed this trend as a bearer of new livelihood opportunities. Others have countered by pointing to negative social impacts. Lorenzo Cotula casts a critical eye over the most reliable evidence on this hotly contested topic, examining the implications of land deals in Africa both for its people and for world agriculture and food security
ER  -