Contemporary Processes Of Large Scale Land Acquisition By Investors

Author : Laura German
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 : 6028693642
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary processes of largescale land acquisition by investors: Case studies from sub-Saharan Africa written by Laura German and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2011 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid growth of emerging economies, emerging interest in biofuels as an alternative to fossil fuels and recent volatility in commodity prices have led to a marked increase in the pace and scale of foreign and domestic investment in landbased enterprises in the global South. Emerging evidence of the negative social and environmental effects of these large-scale land transfers and growing concern from civil society have placed ‘global land grabs’ firmly on the map of global land use change and public discourse. Yet what are the processes involved in these large-scale land transfers? This paper provides a comparative analysis of legal and institutional frameworks and actual practices associated with large-scale land acquisitions in Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia. Drawing on policy documents, interviews with government officials from diverse sectors and discussions with customary leaders and affected communities, we explore some of the deficiencies in legislation and practice which currently undermine the ability to safeguard customary rights in the context of large-scale land acquisition.

Author : Christophe Gironde
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004304754
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Large-Scale Land Acquisitions written by Christophe Gironde and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large-scale land acquisitions, or ‘land grabbing’, has become a key research topic among scholars interested in agrarian change, development, and the environment. The term ‘land acquisitions’ refers to a highly contested process in terms of governance and impacts on livelihoods and human rights. This book focuses on South-East Asia. A series of thematic and in-depth case studies put ‘land grabbing’ into specific historical and institutional contexts. The volume also offers a human rights analysis of the phenomenon, examining the potential and limits of human rights mechanisms aimed at preventing and mitigating land grabs' negative consequences. Contributors include: Maria Lisa Alano, Ioana Cismas, Olivier De Schutter, Michael Dwyer, Christophe Gironde, Christophe Golay, Andreas Heinimann, Martin Keulertz, Marcel Mazoyer, Peter Messerli, Hafiz Mirza, Vong Nanhthavong, Gerben Nooteboom, Patricia Paramita, Amaury Peeters, Emily Polack, Laurence Roudart, Oliver Schoenweger, Gilda Senties, Sokbunthoeun So, Mohamad Shohibuddin, William Speller, Eckart Woertz, and James Zhan.

Author : Laura German
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Processes of Large-scale Land Acquisition by Investors written by Laura German and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lorenzo Cotula
Publisher : IIED
ISBN 13 : 1843697416
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Land Grab Or Development Opportunity? written by Lorenzo Cotula and published by IIED. This book was released on 2009 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Osabuohien, Evans
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466674067
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research on In-Country Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions written by Osabuohien, Evans and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several studies have investigated the impetus and implications behind large-scale land acquisitions/deals at the global level; however, intranational factors within communities and societies have not received much attention from researchers. The Handbook of Research on In-Country Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions examines the economic, sociological, and environmental issues surrounding land transactions and the impact these deals may have on local households and communities. Focusing on international issues as well as domestic concerns, this publication is a useful reference for policymakers, academics, researchers, and advanced-level students in various disciplines.

Author : Ramona Bunkus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Land Grabbing in Europe? Socio-Cultural Externalities of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in East Germany written by Ramona Bunkus and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently, we witnessed an immense increase in international land transactions in the Global South, a phenomenon slowly expanding in northern industrialized countries, too. Even though in Europe agriculture plays a decreasing economic role for rural livelihoods, the increases in land transactions by non-local, non-agricultural investors pervades rural life. Nevertheless, the underlying processes are not yet well understood. Large-scale land acquisitions describe such purchases and leases in a neutral way, while 'land grabbing' expresses negative consequences for rural people. We investigate whether and under which conditions the term land grabbing is justified for the phenomenon observed in Europe. We propose six socio-cultural criteria that scholars should consider to come to an initial classification: legal irregularities, non-residence of new owners, centralization in decision-making structures, treating land as an investment object, concentration of decision-power, and limited access to land markets. We supplement our findings with empirical material from East Germany, where such land acquisition processes occur. Our paper contributes to the ongoing discussion about agricultural structural change in Europe, which is intensified by increasing land prices and a new distribution of landownership but likewise strongly intertwined with rural development.

Author : Readeat Adbib
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783659369858
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Large-scale Foreign Land Acquisitions written by Readeat Adbib and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last decade, a dramatic rise in commercial agricultural investment has taken place the world over at a rate much higher than previous times. Latest reports indicate that an amount of land well over 80 million hectares have been put up to the global market, much of which has already been effectively leased by investors. Even though this practice of large-scale foreign land acquisitions is fairly a matter of global reach, a staggering 75 percent of this whole business has so far taken place in Africa alone. This simply made the continent a spotlight case and led to serious queries as to how these investments are taking place and what sort of ramifications may follow as a result. Departing from neoliberal and neocolonial discourses, this work has made an attempt to analyze how the stake of Africa in the growing practice of large scale land acquisitions can be looked up on and explained. It is observed throughout this research that to draw sheer conclusions in black and white is not an easy matter. However, it can be argued that the number of social and environmental challenges that have been taken account of necessitate a serious political responsibility and accountability.

Author : Wendy Wolford
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118688244
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Governing Global Land Deals written by Wendy Wolford and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays in Governing Global Land Deals provides new empirical and theoretical analyses of the relationships between global land grabs and processes of government and governance. Reframes debates on global land grabs by focusing on the relationship between large-scale land deals and processes of governance Offers new theoretical insights into the different forms and effects of global land acquisitions Illuminates both the micro-processes of transaction and expropriation, as well as the broader structural forces at play in global land deals Provides new empirical data on the different actors involved in contemporary land deals occurring across the globe and focuses on the specific institutional, political, and economic contexts in which they are acting

Author : Ruth Hall
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1847011306
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Africa's Land Rush written by Ruth Hall and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2015 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interrogates the narratives of land grabbing and agricultural investment through detailed local studies that illuminate how these are experienced on the ground and the implications for Africa's land and agricultural economy.

Author : Ben White
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317976851
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Enclosures: Critical Perspectives on Corporate Land Deals written by Ben White and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection explores the complex dynamics of corporate land deals from a broad agrarian political economy perspective, with a special focus on the implications for property and labour regimes, labour processes and structures of accumulation. This involves looking at ways in which existing patterns of rural social differentiation – in terms of class, gender, ethnicity and generation – are being shaped by changes in land use and property relations, as well as by the re-organization of production and exchange as rural communities and resources are incorporated into global commodity chains. It goes further than the descriptive ‘what’ and ‘who’ questions, in order to understand the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of these patterns. It is empirically solid and theoretically sophisticated, making it a robust and boundary-changing work. Contributors come from various scholarly disciplines. Covering nearly all regions of the world, the collection will be of interest to researchers from various disciplines, policymakers and activists. This book was originally published as a Special Issue of the Journal of Peasant Studies.