LGAR - Land grabs and agrarian reform

Authors

  • Jennifer Clapp
  • Annette Desmarais University of Manitoba
  • Matias Margulis

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v2i2.126

Keywords:

land grabs

Abstract

One of the key responses to the global food crisis that hit the headlines in 2008 was a significant change in land ownership in many countries as a result of large-scale land acquisitions carried out by governments, investors, and corporations. This global land grab, or what some refer to as agricultural investment, is leading to fundamental shifts in agricultural production, land use, and labour relations. Peasant and farm organizations, rural communities, and social movements in the global North and global South are actively resisting these forces, structures, and processes of further accumulation by dispossession.

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Published

2015-09-08

How to Cite

Clapp, J., Desmarais, A., & Margulis, M. (2015). LGAR - Land grabs and agrarian reform. Canadian Food Studies La Revue Canadienne Des études Sur l’alimentation, 2(2), 223–224. https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v2i2.126

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2015): Special Issue: Mapping the Global Food Landscape

Section

Research Articles

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