Es ist der größte Landraub der Geschichte: Seit der Krise 2008 bringen weltweit Regierungen, Konzerne und »Finanzinvestoren« fruchtbares Ackerland in ihren Besitz, vor allem in Afrika. Dort ist Land billig, es locken fantastische Gewinne. Ob als Produktionsort für Export-Gemüse und...

Is there something really new about "land grab" except its extent? What is wrong with an investment contract allowing the holder to buy a farm and to export wheat to Saudi Arabia, or soybeans and maize as cattle feed to Korea, or to plant and process sugar cane and palm oil into ethanol for...

Introduction: Political practice at the margins -- Political economies of food sovereignty -- Episteme(s) of food sovereignty -- Temporary commons: urban community gardens -- Spatial practices of governance: community-based rights -- Re/territorializing food security: Manoomin gift economies --...

An unprecedented land grab is taking place around the world. Fearing future food shortages or eager to profit from them, the world`s wealthiest and most acquisitive countries, corporations, and individuals have been buying and leasing vast tracts of land around the world. The scale is...

Large-scale land acquisitions, or "land grabs", concentrate in developing countries which are also known for their corruption-friendly setting caused by a weak institutional framework. We argue that corrupt elites exploit this given institutional set-up to strike deals with international...