 The impact of FDI in land in agriculture in developing countries on host country food securityJournal of World Business, 2018, vol. 53, issue 1, 75-84 Abstract: We investigate the influence of FDI in land in agriculture in developing countries, a phenomenon also known as land grabbing, on host country food security, and suggest a differential impact depending on the investor’s country of origin. FDI in land by developed-country investors positively influence food security by expanding land used for crop production because of home institutional pressure for human rights respect and responsible farmland conduct, in addition to positive spillovers. Instead, FDI in land by developing-country investors negatively influence food security by decreasing cropland due to home institutional pressure to align to national interests and government policy objectives, in addition to negative spillovers. Keywords: Food security; FDI in land; land grabbing; Agriculture; Country of origin; Home institutional pressure; Spillovers; Host developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:worbus:v:53:y:2018:i:1:p:75-84 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2017.07.006 Access Statistics for this article Journal of World Business is currently edited by David Collings and Jonathan Doh More articles in Journal of World Business from Elsevier |
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