This article is the third in a series of historical reviews on sub-Saharan Africa (SSA),
exploring why agricultural production and irrigation schemes are underperforming, and how …

Water availability is a major factor constraining humanity's ability to meet the future food and
energy needs of a growing and increasingly affluent human population. Water plays an …

The divergence between agricultural water use and the annual supply of water resources
(water gap) has been increasing for decades. The forecast is that this water gap will …

Scholars, practitioners and activists generally agree that investor interest in land has
climbed sharply, although they differ about what to call this phenomenon and how to …

The concept that water, energy and food (WEF) securities are interdependent—not easily
disentangled—is now part of the modern development canon. The World Economic Forum …

Land grabbing has emerged as a significant issue in contemporary global governance that
cuts across the fields of development, investment, food security, among others. Whereas …

Large-scale acquisitions of agricultural land in develo** countries have been rapidly
increasing in the last 10 years, contributing to a major agrarian transition from subsistence or …

The contestation and appropriation of water is not new, but it has been highlighted by recent
global debates on land grabbing. Water grabbing takes place in a field that is locally and …

Over the last three decades there has been a rapid expansion of intensive production of
fresh fruit and vegetables in the Mediterranean regions of south and west Europe. Much of …

Highlights•The expansion of transnational land acquisitions raises sustainability
concerns.•Land and water grabbing represent a critical challenge to sustainable …