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- Nolte, Kerstin & Voget-Kleschin, Lieske, 2014. "Consultation in Large-Scale Land Acquisitions: An Evaluation of Three Cases in Mali," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 654-668.
- Breisinger, Clemens & van Rheenen, Teunis & Ringler, Claudia & Nin Pratt, Alejandro & Minot, Nicholas & Aragon, Catherine & Yu, Bingxin & Ecker, Olivier & Zhu, Tingju, 2010. "Food security and economic development in the Middle East and North Africa," IFPRI discussion papers 985, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Di Corato, Luca & Hess, Sebastian, 2013.
"Farmland Investments in Africa: What’s the Deal?,"
Working Paper Series
2013:10, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department Economics.
- Luca Di Corato & Sebastian Hess, 2014. "Farmland Investments in Africa: What’s the Deal?," Working Papers 2014.23, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
- Di Corato, Luca & Hess, Sebastian, 2014. "Farmland Investments in Africa: What’s the Deal?," Climate Change and Sustainable Development 165793, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM).
- Di Corato, Luca & Hess, Sebastian, 2014. "Farmland Investment in Africa: What’s the Deal?," 2014 International Congress, August 26-29, 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenia 182806, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
- Liao, Chuan & Jung, Suhyun & Brown, Daniel G. & Agrawal, Arun, 2024. "Does land tenure change accelerate deforestation? A matching-based four-country comparison," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 215(C).
- Franklin Allen and Giorgia Giovannetti, 2010.
"Fragile Countries And The 2008-2009 Crisis,"
EUI-RSCAS Working Papers
13, European University Institute (EUI), Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies (RSCAS).
- Franklin Allen and Giorgia Giovannetti, 2010. "Fragile Countries And The 2008-2009 Crisis," RSCAS Working Papers 2010/13, European University Institute.
- Haile, Mekbib G. & Kalkuhl, Matthias & von Braun, Joachim, 2013. "Short-term global crop acreage response to international food prices and implications of volatility," Discussion Papers 145308, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF).
- Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong, 2014. "Steven Haggblade and Peter B. R. Hazell (Eds.): Successes in African agriculture: lessons for the future," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 31(1), pages 157-158, March.
- Nadia Cuffaro & David Hallam, 2011.
""Land Grabbing" in Developing Countries: Foreign Investors, Regulation and Codes of Conduct,"
QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria, Associazione Rossi Doria, issue 2, June.
- Nadia Cuffaro & David Hallam, 2011. "“Land Grabbing” in Developing Countries: Foreign Investors, Regulation and Codes of Conduct," Working Papers 2011-03, Universita' di Cassino, Dipartimento di Economia e Giurisprudenza.
- Czyżewski, Bazyli & Staniszewski, Jakub, 2015. "Spadek znaczenia renty gruntowej w długim okresie i jego konsekwencje," Village and Agriculture (Wieś i Rolnictwo), Polish Academy of Sciences (IRWiR PAN), Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development, vol. 4(169).
- Gouel, Christophe, 2013.
"Optimal food price stabilisation policy,"
European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 118-134.
- Christophe Gouel, 2013. "Optimal food price stabilisation policy," Post-Print hal-01019459, HAL.
- Hany Besada & Karolina Werner, 2015. "An assessment of the effects of Africa's water crisis on food security and management," International Journal of Water Resources Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(1), pages 120-133, March.
- Chamberlin, Jordan & Jayne, T.S., 2020. "Does farm structure affect rural household incomes? Evidence from Tanzania," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
- Nunez, Paula & Colmenero, Alberto, 2011. "Ague, agricultura y desarrollo: avances y retos para la reduccion de la pobreza," Revista Espanola de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Rural y Marino (formerly Ministry of Agriculture), issue 230, pages 1-28.
- Bunkus, Ramona & Theesfeld, Insa, 2018. "Land Grabbing In Europe?," 58th Annual Conference, Kiel, Germany, September 12-14, 2018 275859, German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA).
- Akinwumi A. Adesina, 2010. "Conditioning trends shaping the agricultural and rural landscape in Africa," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 41(s1), pages 73-82, November.
- Charles Quansah & Ronald Osei Mensah & Isaac Yeboah, 2022. "Coping and Adaptation Strategies by Small-Scale Farmers in the Pru district of Ghana: Legal Orders Imposed by State and Non-State Actors," Technium Social Sciences Journal, Technium Science, vol. 31(1), pages 311-335, May.
- Ernest Nkansah‐Dwamena & Hyunsoo Yoon, 2022. "Why is sub‐Saharan Africa an attractive destination to foreign land grabbers? Evidence from country characteristics," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 34(2), pages 280-292, June.
- Raimondi, Valentina & Scoppola, Margherita, 2022. "The impact of foreign land acquisitions on Africa virtual water exports," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).
- Jana Brandt & Jonas Possmann, 2017. "Großflächige Agrarinvestitionen in Entwicklungsländern: Ausmaß, Akteure und Land Governance," MAGKS Papers on Economics 201714, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).
- Dell’Angelo, Jampel & D’Odorico, Paolo & Rulli, Maria Cristina & Marchand, Philippe, 2017. "The Tragedy of the Grabbed Commons: Coercion and Dispossession in the Global Land Rush," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 1-12.
- Sabrine Dhahri & Anis Omri, 2020. "Does foreign capital really matter for the host country agricultural production? Evidence from developing countries," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 156(1), pages 153-181, February.
- Agnieszka Stacherzak & Maria Hełdak & Ladislav Hájek & Katarzyna Przybyła, 2019. "State Interventionism in Agricultural Land Turnover in Poland," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-13, March.
- -, 2009. "The outlook for agriculture and rural development in the Americas: a perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean, 2009," Coediciones, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), number 1379 edited by Iica.
- Saravia-Matus, Silvia L. & Gomez y Paloma, Sergio & Mary, Sebastien, 2012. "Economics of Food Security: Selected Issues," Bio-based and Applied Economics Journal, Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA), vol. 1(1), pages 1-16, April.
- Haile, M.G. & Kalkuhl, M., 2014.
"Volatility in the international food markets: implications for global agricultural supply and for market and price policy,"
Proceedings “Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V.”, German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA), vol. 49, March.
- Haile, Mekbib Gebretsadik & Kalkuhl, Matthias, 2013. "Volatility in the international food markets: implications for global agricultural supply and for market and price policy," 53rd Annual Conference, Berlin, Germany, September 25-27, 2013 156097, German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA).
- Jeremy Bourgoin & Elodie Valette & Simon Guillouet & Djibril Diop & Djiby Dia, 2019. "Improving Transparency and Reliability of Tenure Information for Improved Land Governance in Senegal," Land, MDPI, vol. 8(3), pages 1-17, February.
- Wegayehu Fitawek & Sheryl Hendriks & Aurélien Reys & Filippo Fossi, 2020. "The effect of large-scale agricultural investments on household food security in Madagascar," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 12(6), pages 1349-1365, December.
- Williams, Timothy Olalekan & Faures, J.-M. & Namara, R. & Snyder, K., 2020. "Large-scale irrigated farming system: the potential and challenges to improve food security, livelihoods and ecosystem management," IWMI Books, Reports H049740, International Water Management Institute.
- Gouranga G. Das, 2013. "“Moving” land across borders: spatial shifts in land demand and immiserizing effects," Journal of Economic Policy Reform, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(1), pages 46-67, March.
- Manda, S. & Tallontire, A. & Dougill, A.J., 2020. "Outgrower schemes and sugar value-chains in Zambia: Rethinking determinants of rural inclusion and exclusion," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).
- Menusch Khadjavi & Kacana Sipangule & Rainer Thiele, 2021.
"Social Capital and Large-Scale Agricultural Investments: An Experimental Investigation [Implications of the presence of large scale commercial farmers on small scale farming in Nigeria: the case of,"
The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 131(633), pages 420-449.
- Khadjavi, Menusch & Sipangule, Kacana & Thiele, Rainer, 2020. "Social Capital and Large-Scale Agricultural Investments: An Experimental Investigation," Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy 230937, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
- O. Borodina, V. Yarovyi, O. Mykhailenko, 2017. "Agricultural land concentration and land grabbing in the EU: modern challenges," Economy and Forecasting, Valeriy Heyets, issue 4, pages 109-124.
- Guy M. Robinson & Doris A. Carson, 2015. "The globalisation of agriculture: introducing the Handbook," Chapters, in: Guy M. Robinson & Doris A. Carson (ed.), Handbook on the Globalisation of Agriculture, chapter 1, pages 1-28, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Hailu, Yohannes G. & Adelaja, Adesoji O. & Akaeze, Henry, 2011. "Strategic Acquisition of Agricultural Lands in Sub-Saharan Africa: Determinants of Country Targeting Behavior," 2011 Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 104179, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
- Martens, Anja Kristina, 2011. "Impacts of global change on the Nile basin: Options for hydropolitical reform in Egypt and Ethiopia," IFPRI discussion papers 01052, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Nkonya, Ephraim & Markelova, Helen, 2009. "Looking beyond the obvious: Uncovering the features of natural resource conflicts in Uganda," CAPRi working papers 95, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Margherita Scoppola & Margherita Scoppola, 2016. "Foreign Direct Investments and trade in agriculture: an incomplete contracts approach," FOODSECURE Working papers 49, LEI Wageningen UR.
- Giampaolo Gabbi & Elisa Ticci, 2014. "Implications of financialisation for sustainability," Working papers wpaper47, Financialisation, Economy, Society & Sustainable Development (FESSUD) Project.
- Bomuhangi, Allan & Doss, Cheryl & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth, 2011. "Who owns the land?: Perspectives from rural Ugandans and implications for land acquisitions," IFPRI discussion papers 1136, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Petrick, Martin & Wandel, Jürgen & Karsten, Katharina, 2013.
"Rediscovering the Virgin Lands: Agricultural investment and rural livelihoods in a Eurasian frontier area,"
EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 43, pages 164-179.
- Petrick, Martin & Wandel, Jürgen & Karsten, Katharina, 2013. "Rediscovering the Virgin Lands: Agricultural Investment and Rural Livelihoods in a Eurasian Frontier Area," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 164-179.
- Palliere, Augustin & Cochet, Hubert, 2018. "Large private agricultural projects and job creation: From discourse to reality. Case study in Sella Limba, Sierra Leone," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 422-431.
- Jamey Essex, 2010. "Sustainability, Food Security, and Development Aid after the Food Crisis: Assessing Aid Strategies across Donor Contexts," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 2(11), pages 1-29, October.
- Bin Yang & Jun He, 2021. "Global Land Grabbing: A Critical Review of Case Studies across the World," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-19, March.
- Gyapong, Adwoa Yeboah, 2020. "How and why large scale agricultural land investments do not create long-term employment benefits: A critique of the ‘state’ of labour regulations in Ghana," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
- Msuya, E. E & Isinika, A. C., 2011. "Addressing food self-sufficiency in Tanzania: a balancing act of policy coordination," MPRA Paper 30886, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Stephen Smith, 2016. "The Two Fragilities: Vulnerability to Conflict,Environmental Stress, and Their Interactions as Challenges to Ending Poverty," Working Papers 2016-1, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
- Theesfeld Insa & Klümper Frederike, 2016. "Interplay between structural change in Central Asian agriculture and institutional scarcity of land and water: evidence from Tajikistan," ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, De Gruyter, vol. 60(1-2), pages 81-96, June.
- Adams, Timothy & Gerber, Jean-David & Amacker, Michèle, 2019. "Constraints and opportunities in gender relations: Sugarcane outgrower schemes in Malawi," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 282-294.
- Das, Gouranga, 2012.
"Trans-border Land Acquisitions:A New Guise of Outsourcing and Host Country Effects,"
MPRA Paper
40651, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Gouranga Das, 2012. "Trans-border Land Acquisitions: A New Guise of Outsourcing and Host Country Effects," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2012-043, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
- Blessing M. Chiripanhura, 2010. "Poverty traps and livelihood options in rural Zimbabwe:Evidence from three districts," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series 12110, GDI, The University of Manchester.
- Behrman, Julia & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth & Quisumbing, Agnes, 2011.
"The gender implications of large-scale land deals:,"
IFPRI discussion papers
1056, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Behrman, Julia A. & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela & Quisumbing, Agnes R., 2011. "The gender implications of large-scale land deals:," Policy briefs 17, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Richard J. Thomas & Emmanuelle Quillérou & Naomi Stewart, 2013. "The rewards of investing in sustainable land management," Working Papers hal-01954823, HAL.
- Giorgia Giovannetti & Elisa Ticci, 2013. "Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Drivers and the Challenge of the Land-Energy Nexus," Working Papers - Economics wp2013_09.rdf, Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa.
- Poul Wisborg, 2014. "Transnational Land Deals and Gender Equality: Utilitarian and Human Rights Approaches," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(1), pages 24-51, January.
- Desai, Raj M. & Olofsgård, Anders, 2019. "Can the poor organize? Public goods and self-help groups in rural India," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 121(C), pages 33-52.
- Kym Anderson, 2010. "Globalisation's Effects on World Agricultural Trade, 1960 to 2050," Centre for International Economic Studies Working Papers 2010-11, University of Adelaide, Centre for International Economic Studies.
- Scoppola, Margherita, 2015. "Foreign Direct Investments and trade in agriculture: an incomplete contracts approach," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 212267, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
- Pietola, Kyösti & Liu, Xing & Robles, Miguel, 2010. "Price, inventories, and volatility in the global wheat market," IFPRI discussion papers 996, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Neef Andreas, 2014. "Law and Development Implications of Transnational Land Acquisitions: Introduction," The Law and Development Review, De Gruyter, vol. 7(2), pages 187-205, December.
- Wiggins, Steve & Kirsten, Johann & Llambí, Luis, 2010. "The Future of Small Farms," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 38(10), pages 1341-1348, October.
- Deininger, Klaus & Xia, Fang, 2018. "Assessing the long-term performance of large-scale land transfers: Challenges and opportunities in Malawi’s estate sector," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 281-296.
- Mulleta Fantu F. & Merlet Pierre & Bastiaensen Johan, 2014. "Questioning the “Regulatory Approach” to Large-Scale Agricultural Land Transfers in Ethiopia: A Legal Pluralistic Perspective," The Law and Development Review, De Gruyter, vol. 7(2), pages 401-431, December.
- Mirzabaev, Alisher & Guta, Dawit & Goedecke, Jann & Gaur, Varun & Börner, Jan & Virchow, Detlef & Denich, Manfred & von Braun, Joachim, 2014. "Bioenergy, Food Security and Poverty Reduction: Mitigating tradeoffs and promoting synergies along the Water- Energy-Food Security Nexus," Working Papers 180421, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF).
- Ilkhom Soliev & Insa Theesfeld, 2017. "Reframing for Sustainability: Exploring Transformative Power of Benefit Sharing," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(8), pages 1-23, August.
- Valentina Raimondi & Margherita Scoppola, 2022. "Foreign land acquisitions and environmental regulations: Does the pollution‐haven effect hold?," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 73(1), pages 172-194, February.
- Linyan Ma & Zichun Pan & Yameng Wang & Feng Wei, 2022. "Spatial Distribution Characteristics and Influencing Factors of the Success or Failure of China’s Overseas Arable Land Investment Projects—Based on the Countries along the “Belt and Road”," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-19, November.
- Väth, Susanne Johanna & Kirk, Michael, 2013. "Do land ownership and contract farming matter? Evidence from a large-scale investment in Ghana," 2013 Fourth International Conference, September 22-25, 2013, Hammamet, Tunisia 161460, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
- Khadjavi, Menusch & Sipangule, Kacana & Thiele, Rainer, 2016. "Social capital and large-scale agricultural investments: An experimental investigation in Zambia," Kiel Working Papers 2056, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
- Dell'Angelo, Jampel & Rulli, Maria Cristina & D'Odorico, Paolo, 2018. "The Global Water Grabbing Syndrome," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 143(C), pages 276-285.
- AfDB AfDB, 2010. "MDG Report 2010 - Full Report," MDG Report 100, African Development Bank.
- Ruth Hall, 2011. "Land grabbing in Southern Africa: the many faces of the investor rush," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(128), pages 193-214, June.
- Larry Burmeister & Yong-Ju Choi, 2012. "Food sovereignty movement activism in South Korea: national policy impacts?," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 29(2), pages 247-258, June.
- Sana Bensalk, 2012. "Liaison des ménages agricoles locaux avec des firmes étrangères via le marché du travail local : déterminants et corrélation avec le bien-être. Le cas du secteur maraîcher au Maroc," Post-Print hal-02745857, HAL.
- Mabiso, Athur & Weatherspoon, Dave D., 2011. "The Impact of Biofuels Crop and Land Rental Markets on Farm Household Incomes: Evidence from South Africa," 2011 Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 103962, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
- Arnim Scheidel & Katharine Farrell & Jesús Ramos-Martin & Mario Giampietro & Kozo Mayumi, 2014. "Land poverty and emerging ruralities in Cambodia: insights from Kampot province," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 16(4), pages 823-840, August.
- Di Corato, Luca & Hess, Sebastian, 2012. "Foreign Investment In Farmland Under Uncertainty," 52nd Annual Conference, Stuttgart, Germany, September 26-28, 2012 133017, German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA).
- Luis Tomás Montilla Fernández & Johannes Schwarze, 2016. "International Land Acquisitions and Hal Varian’s Concept of Fairness," Homo Oeconomicus: Journal of Behavioral and Institutional Economics, Springer, vol. 33(3), pages 281-295, October.
- Renzaho, Andre M.N. & Kamara, Joseph K. & Toole, Michael, 2017. "Biofuel production and its impact on food security in low and middle income countries: Implications for the post-2015 sustainable development goals," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 503-516.
- Ramona Bunkus & Insa Theesfeld, 2018. "Land Grabbing in Europe? Socio-Cultural Externalities of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in East Germany," Land, MDPI, vol. 7(3), pages 1-21, August.
- Arslan, Aslihan & Khalilian, Setareh & Lange, Mareike, 2011. "Dealing with the race for agricultural land," Kiel Policy Brief 31, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
- Sam Moyo, 2011. "Land concentration and accumulation after redistributive reform in post-settler Zimbabwe," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(128), pages 257-276, June.
- Jan Knoerich, 2017. "How does outward foreign direct investment contribute to economic development in less advanced home countries?," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(4), pages 443-459, October.
- von Braun, Joachim & Tadesse, Getaw, 2012. "Global Food Price Volatility and Spikes: An Overview of Costs, Causes, and Solutions," Discussion Papers 120021, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF).
- Guta, Dawit & Jara, Jose & Adhikari, Narayan & Qiu, Chen & Gaur, Varun & Mirzabaev, Alisher, 2015. "Decentralized energy in Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus in Developing Countries: Case Studies on Successes and Failures," Discussion Papers 207713, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF).
- Brockhaus, Maria & Obidzinski, Krystof & Dermawan, Ahmad & Laumonier, Yves & Luttrell, Cecilia, 2012. "An overview of forest and land allocation policies in Indonesia: Is the current framework sufficient to meet the needs of REDD+?," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 18(C), pages 30-37.
- Giordano, Mark & Shah, Tushaar & de Fraiture, C. & Giordano, Meredith, 2012. "Innovations in agricultural water management: new challenges require new solutions," IWMI Research Reports H045023, International Water Management Institute.
- Jasikowska, Katarzyna & Gorlach, Krzysztof, 2012. "„Czyńcie Sobie Ziemię Poddaną” – Czyli O Różnych Obliczach Ponowoczesnego Rolnictwa Na Przykładzie Procesów Zawłaszczania Ziemi (Land Grabbing) W Skali Świata," Village and Agriculture (Wieś i Rolnictwo), Polish Academy of Sciences (IRWiR PAN), Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development, vol. 4(157).
- Kerstin Nolte & Susanne Vaeth, 2013. "Interplay of Land Governance and Large-Scale Agricultural Investment: Evidence from Ghana and Kenya," MAGKS Papers on Economics 201350, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).