Increases in the number of large-scale land transactions (LSLTs), commonly known as 'land
grabbing'or 'global land rush,'have occurred throughout the lower-and middle-income world …

This article conceptualises and empirically assesses the socioeconomic and environmental
risks of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) for communal lands in the Global South …

This study explores when conflict between foreign investors and local communities is likely
to arise in large-scale agricultural land acquisitions (agricultural LSLAs) in develo** …

This paper uses a systematic literature review of past and existing land-based projects in
selected African countries, to interrogate two fundamental questions;(1) What are the factors …

Actor-level data on large-scale commercial agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa are scarce.
The peculiar choice of transnational investing in African land has, therefore, been subject to …

Although many land deals are never implemented to production stage, little is known about
how abandoned projects affect local communities and the government agencies that …

One of the dominant global development agendas for rural Africa in the past two decades
has cast large-scale agro-industrial investments as a solution to achieve more efficient land …

Abstract Development zones (DZs) have long been regarded as an important engine of
economic growth. Nevertheless, the booming of DZs in China has also brought about land …

Land, as the material and symbolic foundation of agrarian life, is situated at the heart of
African studies. 1 Debates over land access and control have grown in salience and …

Abstract In 2007/2008, a triple crisis of food, fuel and finance sparked a global rush for
agricultural land; tens of millions of hectares were acquired, primarily by foreign investors …