Over the past several decades, land investments have dramatically increased to meet global
food and biofuel demands, produce industrial commodities, protect environments and …

This paper connects the discussion on the trade-offs between agricultural production and
environmental concerns, including the asserted need for global land use expansion, and the …

This study presents evidence of profound farm‐level transformation in parts of sub‐Saharan
Africa, identifies major sources of dynamism in the sector, and proposes an updated …

By successfully including smallholders, the oil palm boom in Southeast Asia has contributed
significantly to rural economic development and poverty alleviation, notwithstanding its huge …

Foreign investors have acquired approximately 90 million hectares of land for agriculture
over the past two decades. The effects of these investments on local food security remain …

Large-scale agricultural investments (LSAIs) in general and their socio-economic
implications in particular have been heavily debated in recent years. While some claim that …

This article evaluates household welfare effects of large-scale agricultural investments in
Tanzania, one of the main recipients of such investments in Africa. Specifically, the article …

In this paper, we critically engage with SDG-2-Target 2.3 and SDG-5 to examine how and
why large-scale agricultural land acquisitions modify the social relations of women's food …

In the past two decades, large-scale land transactions (LSLTs), commonly known as land
grabs or large-scale land acquisitions, have been pursued by agricultural investors and host …

Africa has been heavily targeted by large-scale agricultural investments (LAIs) throughout
the last decade, with scarcely known impacts on local social-ecological systems. In Kenya, a …