From threat to opportunity? Problems with codes of conduct for land grabbing

Rethinking Food Systems: Structural Challenges, New Strategies and the Law

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 147-162

  Borras, Saturnino M ^a   Franco, Jennifer C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b Transnational Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Code of conduct; Land grabs; Land investments; RAI principles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948075753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7778-1_7     Document Type: Chapter

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