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Title:

The global farms race : land grabs, agricultural investment, and the scramble for food security / edited by Michael Kugelman, Susan L. Levenstein.

Publisher:

Island Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

x, 237 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Farms--Foreign ownership.
Farms--Developing countries--Foreign ownership.
Agricultural industries--Foreign ownership.
Agricultural industries--Developing countries--Foreign ownership.
Investments, Foreign--Developing countries.
Agriculture--Capital investments.
Food security--Political aspects.
Food security--Environmental aspects.
Food security--Social aspects.

Other Authors:

Kugelman, Michael.
Levenstein, Susan L., 1975-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction / Michael Kugelman -- Are We Learning from History? / Derek Byerlee -- Overview / David Hallam -- Social and Economic Implications / Alexandra Spieldoch and Sophia Murphy -- Environmental Impacts / Laura A. German, Wouter M.J. Achten, and Manuel R. Guariguata -- Investors' Perspectives / Gary R. Blumenthal -- Improving Outcomes / Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Helen Markelova -- Regional Perspectives: Africa / Chido Makunike -- Regional Perspectives: Asia / Raul Q. Montemayor -- Regional Perspectives: Latin America / Bastiaan P. Reydon and Vitor B. Fernandes -- Regional Perspectives: Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union / Carl Atkin -- Recommendations and Conclusion / Michael Kugelman -- Appendices.

ISBN:

1610911873 (paper : acid-free paper)
9781610911870 (paper : acid-free paper)
9781610911863
1610911865 (cloth : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)794624625

LCCN:

2012011492

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)