TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cotula,Lorenzo
AU  - International African Institute,.
AU  - Royal African Society,.
AU  - World Peace Foundation,.
TI  - The Great African Land Grab?: Agricultural Investments and the Global Food System
T2  - African Arguments
SN  - 9781780323114
AV  - S472.A1 -- C68 2013eb 
U1  - 333.3096 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - London
PB  - Zed Books
KW  - Agriculture -- Africa
KW  - Food supply -- Africa
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- About the author -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical roots of the land rush -- The first great land grab: the European scramble for Africa -- The second great land grab: state-led land acquisitions after independence -- Agricultural intensification and 'land grabbing' from below -- 3 Scale, geography and drivers of the land rush -- How much land has been acquired, and where? -- 3.1 What we know about the scale and geography of land acquisitions in selected African countries -- Who is behind the deals? -- The business case for 'land grabbing' -- 4 'Land grabbing' in the shadow of the law -- How governments facilitate the land rush -- 'We are also sons of this country': how national law makes rural people vulnerable to dispossession -- International law at two speeds: universal rights and different rules -- What is in the contracts? -- Beyond the statute books -- 5 Winners and losers -- What do the deals mean for affected villagers? -- Do land deals lead to a 'water grab'? -- Changes in national economies and societies -- Transitions in the global food system -- 6 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index
N2  - An essential introduction to and analysis of the highly contentious issue of 'land grabbing' in Africa
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