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Land grabbing: a preliminary quantification of economic impacts on rural livelihoods
Global demands on agricultural land are increasing due to population growth, dietary changes and the use of biofuels. Their effect on food security is to reduce humans’ ability to cope with the uncertainties of global climate change. In light of the 2008 food crisis, to secure reliable future access...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4223572/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25400309 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11111-014-0215-2 |
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author | Davis, Kyle F. D’Odorico, Paolo Rulli, Maria Cristina |
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description | Global demands on agricultural land are increasing due to population growth, dietary changes and the use of biofuels. Their effect on food security is to reduce humans’ ability to cope with the uncertainties of global climate change. In light of the 2008 food crisis, to secure reliable future access to sufficient agricultural land, many nations and corporations have begun purchasing large tracts of land in the global South, a phenomenon deemed “land grabbing” by popular media. Because land investors frequently export crops without providing adequate employment, this represents an effective income loss for local communities. We study 28 countries targeted by large-scale land acquisitions [comprising 87 % of reported cases and 27 million hectares (ha)] and estimate the effects of such investments on local communities’ incomes. We find that this phenomenon can potentially affect the incomes of ~12 million people globally with implications for food security, poverty levels and urbanization. While it is important to note that our study incorporates a number of assumptions and limitations, it provides a much needed initial quantification of the economic impacts of large-scale land acquisitions on rural livelihoods. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11111-014-0215-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-42235722014-11-12 Land grabbing: a preliminary quantification of economic impacts on rural livelihoods Davis, Kyle F. D’Odorico, Paolo Rulli, Maria Cristina Popul Environ Original Paper Global demands on agricultural land are increasing due to population growth, dietary changes and the use of biofuels. Their effect on food security is to reduce humans’ ability to cope with the uncertainties of global climate change. In light of the 2008 food crisis, to secure reliable future access to sufficient agricultural land, many nations and corporations have begun purchasing large tracts of land in the global South, a phenomenon deemed “land grabbing” by popular media. Because land investors frequently export crops without providing adequate employment, this represents an effective income loss for local communities. We study 28 countries targeted by large-scale land acquisitions [comprising 87 % of reported cases and 27 million hectares (ha)] and estimate the effects of such investments on local communities’ incomes. We find that this phenomenon can potentially affect the incomes of ~12 million people globally with implications for food security, poverty levels and urbanization. While it is important to note that our study incorporates a number of assumptions and limitations, it provides a much needed initial quantification of the economic impacts of large-scale land acquisitions on rural livelihoods. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11111-014-0215-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer Netherlands 2014-07-08 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4223572/ /pubmed/25400309 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11111-014-0215-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2014 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Davis, Kyle F. D’Odorico, Paolo Rulli, Maria Cristina Land grabbing: a preliminary quantification of economic impacts on rural livelihoods |
title | Land grabbing: a preliminary quantification of economic impacts on rural livelihoods |
title_full | Land grabbing: a preliminary quantification of economic impacts on rural livelihoods |
title_fullStr | Land grabbing: a preliminary quantification of economic impacts on rural livelihoods |
title_full_unstemmed | Land grabbing: a preliminary quantification of economic impacts on rural livelihoods |
title_short | Land grabbing: a preliminary quantification of economic impacts on rural livelihoods |
title_sort | land grabbing: a preliminary quantification of economic impacts on rural livelihoods |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4223572/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25400309 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11111-014-0215-2 |
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