‘Like gold with yield’: evolving intersections between farmland and finance

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 777-795

  Fairbairn, Madeleine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

farmland; financialization; land grabbing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CAPITAL MARKET; FINANCE; INVESTMENT; LANDOWNERSHIP;

EID: 84907579563     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2013.873977     Document Type: Article

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