Essays about: "Laura Baiker"

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  1. 1. Foreign large-scale land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Boon or bane for domestic food security?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Laura Baiker; [2018]
    Keywords : land grab; food security; foreign investments; smallholder agriculture; large-scale farming; Africa; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Since the boom in global food prices in 2008, governments and companies around the world seek to boost agricultural output and sustain internal food security through the purchase and lease of farmland in Sub-Saharan Africa. There is no consensus in the literature whether land acquisitions by foreign investors are beneficial to the livelihoods of the local people in Africa. READ MORE