Food appropriation through large scale land acquisitions

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Cristina Rulli, Maria ^a   D'Odorico, Paolo ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

food grabbing; land grabbing; large scale land acquisition; malnourishment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD SUPPLY; HARVESTING;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; LAND ACQUISITION; MALNOURISHMENT; MODERN TECHNOLOGIES; NUMBER OF PEOPLES; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROINDUSTRY; CARRYING CAPACITY; CROP YIELD; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; LAND USE CHANGE; MALNUTRITION; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 84903591985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/6/064030     Document Type: Article

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