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The Great African Land Grab? Agricultural Investments and the Global Food System

Paperback • 2013 • English

The Great African Land Grab? Agricultural Investments and the Global Food System

By Lorenzo Cotula

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About the book

Over the past few years, large-scale land acquisitions in Africa have stoked controversy, making headlines in media reports across the world. Land that only a short time ago seemed of little outside interest is now being sought by international investors to the tune of hundreds of thousands of hectares. Private-sector expectations of higher world food and commodity prices and government concerns about longer-term national food and energy security have both made land a more attractive asset. Dub...Show more

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9781780324203

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

The Great African Land Grab? Agricultural Investments and the Global Food System

Format

Paperback

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