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Land Acquisition Overseas — Land Grab or Win-Win?

In: The Political Economy of Arab Food Sovereignty

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  • Jane Harrigan

    (University of London)

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In addition to refocusing on domestic food production, many Arab countries are moving towards a new and innovative food security strategy that involves acquiring land in water-abundant and land-abundant third-party countries to directly grow food for the home market. This rush for land overseas was motivated by the global food crisis, which brought both export embargoes from major grain producers and rising global food prices, as well as by memories of the past geopolitics of food and the need to save domestic water. In order to insulate themselves from market fluctuations, Arab states are following in the footsteps of countries like China and South Korea, investing heavily in agricultural land abroad. By shipping the produce home and bypassing world markets, it is estimated that they can cut food costs by up to 25 per cent (Lowe 2011).

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  • Jane Harrigan, 2014. "Land Acquisition Overseas — Land Grab or Win-Win?," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Political Economy of Arab Food Sovereignty, chapter 6, pages 126-163, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-33938-6_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137339386_6
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