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Discuss the implications of ‘land grabs’ and neo-colonial agricultural investments in Africa on local food sovereignty and long-term food security.

  • Economic Geography

Since the global food-price spike of 2007–08, Africa has been the premier target of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) — "land grabs" — by foreign governments, sovereign funds and corporations, commonly framed in the language of development and food security for the investing country. Because the pattern replays colonial-era extraction — export-oriented monoculture on land that…

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  • Introduction: A New Enclosure on Old Ground
  • 1. Defining the Terms
  • 2. The Scale and Drivers of Land Grabs in Africa
  • 3. Implications for Local Food Sovereignty
  • 1) Displacement of Small Farmers and Pastoralists
  • 2) Shift to Export-Oriented Monoculture
  • …and 6 more sections, with a conclusion

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