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land grabbing: a standalone construct

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Agrarian studies

large-scale acquisition of land or land rights, often by investors or states, that shifts control away from local users.

In agrarian studies, land grabbing refers to large-scale acquisition of land or land rights, often by investors or states, that shifts control away from local users. This meaning comes from Borras (2011) in Journal of Peasant Studies.[1]

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References

Borras, S. M., Hall, R., Scoones, I., White, B., & Wolford, W. (2011). Towards a better understanding of global land grabbing: an editorial introduction. Journal of Peasant Studies, 38(2), 209-216. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2011.559005

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