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The land grabbing in the international scenario: the role of the EU in land grabbing

2016

The worldwide increase in population and consumption has produced a growing demand for food and energy in the rich and developing Countries. The resulting intensification of land investments, to cope with this need, has in many cases produced investments without transparency rules and it hasn't created real development for local people. The aim of this paper is to identify, through a cluster analysis, homogeneous groups of investor Countries in order to understand the role of the EU Member States in the context of land grabbing. The results show that the strategies adopted by the investors are driven by the need to achieve energy security and reduce CO2 emissions in order to cope with the p…

Economics and Econometrics050204 development studiesEuropean Union PolicyPopulationEnergy security0507 social and economic geographyContext (language use)International tradeLand grabbing EU investor Countries Food security Energy security European Union PolicySettore AGR/01 - Economia Ed Estimo Rurale0502 economics and businessddc:330Economicsmedia_common.cataloged_instanceEU investor CountrieEuropean unioneducationmedia_commoneducation.field_of_studyFood securitybusiness.industry05 social sciencesLand grabbingFood securityEnergy securityAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)EU investor CountriesTransparency (graphic)SustainabilityLand grabbingbusiness050703 geographyFood ScienceAgricultural and Food Economics
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Land Grabbing Models in the International Scenario: the Case Study of the European Union

2015

The worldwide increase in population and consumption has produced a growing demand for food and energy in the rich and developing Countries and has intensiied the search for land on which to carry investments without transparency rules and without creating real conditions of development of local populations. The aim of this paper is to identify, through a cluster analysis, homogeneous group of investor countries and to verify if exist Land grabbing model for the EU Member States. The results show that the strategies adopted by the investors are driven by the need to achieve energy security and reduce CO2 emissions and to cope with the problems of food security in view of the exponential gro…

Settore AGR/01 - Economia Ed Estimo RuraleLand grabbing EU investor Countries Food security Energy security European Union Policy
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