Land grabbing is the large-scale acquisition of agricultural land, typically by a foreign government, investment fund or agribusiness, often in a lower-income country with weak land-tenure protection, for export-oriented farming, biofuel production or land speculation rather than for the food needs of the people already using that land. It accelerated sharply after the 2007-2008 food price crisis prompted food-importing and investor states to seek farmland abroad, and it is criticized for displacing smallholder and customary land users with little compensation or consultation.
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Origin YearDated here from the 2007-08 world food price crisis that triggered the modern large-scale acquisition wave the term now names; large-scale land acquisition as a practice is far older. Classification
Concept ClassFood Security, Land and Rural Livelihoods 1 Connections
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Source Land Grabbing (Wikipedia)
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1. Land Grabbing (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section, second paragraph
While used broadly throughout history, land grabbing as used in the 21st century primarily refers to large-scale land acquisitions following the 2007-08 world food price crisis.
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Land grabbing is the large-scale acquisition of agricultural land, typically by a foreign government, investment fund or agribusiness, often in a lower-income country with weak land-tenure protection, for export-oriented farming, biofuel production or land speculation rather than for the food needs of the people already using that land.
In Discipline: Rural Development, Lead paragraph
Land grabbing is the large-scale acquisition of land through buying or leasing of large pieces of land by domestic and transnational companies, governments, and individuals.
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