Towards a better understanding of global land grabbing: An editorial introduction

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 209-216

  Borras Jr , Saturnino M ^a,b,c,d   Hall, Ruth ^e   Scoones, Ian ^f,g   White, Ben ^a,h   Wolford, Wendy ⁱ  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Transnational Institute TNI   (Netherlands)

^d Institute for Food and Development Policy Food First   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^g Social Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS)   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Dispossession; Land grab; Large scale land investments

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; INVESTMENT; LAND TENURE; LANDOWNERSHIP;

EID: 79953224114     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2011.559005     Document Type: Article

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