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The Global Farms Race. Land Grabs, Agricultural Investment, and the Scramble for Food Secuirty.
Kugelman, Michael; Levenstein, Susan L.
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Description for The Global Farms Race. Land Grabs, Agricultural Investment, and the Scramble for Food Secuirty.
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
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 polarised, 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, ... Read more
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 polarised, 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, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Island Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9781610911870
SKU
V9781610911870
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About Kugelman, Michael; Levenstein, Susan L.
Michael Kugelman is 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.
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