This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture. To do so, gravity models are estimated using data on bilateral inve

Fields of Gold critically examines the history, ideas, and political struggles surrounding the financialization of farmland. In particular, Madeleine Fairbairn

This collection of essays in Governing Global Land Deals provides new empirical and theoretical analyses of the relationships between global land grabs and proc

This book explores the processes through which land deals are being made; the implications for agrarian structure, rural livelihoods and food security; and the

The last two years have seen a huge amount of academic, policy-making and media interest in the increasingly contentious issue of land grabbing - the large-scal