Large-scale agricultural investments under poor land governance in Zambia

Land Use Policy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 698-706

  Nolte, Kerstin ^a  

^a GIGA GERMAN INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL AND AREA STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Institutions; Land governance; Land grab; Large scale land acquisitions; Zambia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; COMMODITY PRICE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INVESTMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT;

ZAMBIA;

EID: 84897452563     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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