Land grab or development opportunity? International farmland deals in Africa

Lorenzo Cotula

No 8, Columbia FDI Perspectives from Columbia University, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)

Abstract: This Perspective discusses the increasing number and size of large-scale farmland acquisitions in Africa by foreign investors over the past five years, including the opportunities and risks created by this trend.

Date: 2009
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