Global Farms Race - Land Grabs, Agricultural Investment, Scramble for Food Security

Informationen zum Autor Michael Kugelman is Senior Program Associate for South and Southeast Asia at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Susan L. Levenstein is Program Specialist with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Klappentext We have entered a new phase of the global food crisis. Wealthy countries that import much of their food, along with private investors, are racing to buy or lease huge swaths of farmland abroad. The Global Farms Race is the first book to examine this burgeoning trend in all its complexity, considering the implications for investors, host countries, and the world as a whole. The debate over large-scale land acquisition is typically polarized, with critics lambasting it as a form of "neocolonialism," and proponents lauding it as a cure-all for global agriculture. The Global Farms Race instead offers diverse perspectives, featuring contributions from agricultural investment consultants, farmers' organizations, international NGOs, and academics. This critical resource addresses historical context, environmental impacts, and social effects, and covers all the major geographic areas of investment. Zusammenfassung We have entered a new phase of the global food crisis. Wealthy countries that import much of their food! along with private investors! are racing to buy or lease huge swaths of farmland abroad. This book examines this burgeoning trend in all its complexity! considering the implications for investors! host countries! and the world as a whole.

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• Authors: Michael Kugelman, Michael (EDT)/ Levenstein Kugelman, Michael Levenstein Kugelman, Susan L. Levenstein
• Assisted by: Michael Kugelman (Editor), Kugelman Michael (Editor), Susan L Levenstein (Editor), Susan L. Levenstein (Editor)
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.10.2012
• EAN: 9781610911870
• ISBN: 978-1-61091-187-0
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and rural economics