Recent research on land deals reports gigantic quantities of hectares seized, with relatively
little regard for the solidity of the evidence or for considerations of scale other than area. This …

Mozambique, a country undergoing rapid transformations driven by the recent discovery of
mineral resources, is one of the top destinations for Chinese and Brazilian cooperation and …

What role does China play in the recent rush for land acquisition in Africa? Conventional
wisdom suggests a large role for the Chinese government and its firms. Ou r research …

Brazilian development cooperation is increasingly in the spotlight. Africa is a major
destination and agriculture tops the list of priority fields on intervention, with Embrapa …

A rise in large-scale land acquisitions has been documented in the popular media and
scholarly literature, but with little attention to elite actors and their motivations. In this …

By trading upon the principles of South-South cooperation, Brazil is widely viewed as having
gained a positive image worldwide. Brazil's South-South development cooperation was one …

This article shows how Brazil's history of agrarian dynamics shapes development
cooperation. In particular, Brazil's dualistic agrarian structure frames policy discourse, and …

Agricultural growth corridors (AGCs) have begun proliferating across the actual and policy
landscapes of southeastern Africa. Cast as an emerging megaproject strategy, AGCs …

This chapter offers an insightful and innovative analysis of Brazil's South–South cooperation
policy by focusing in civil society's perspective and role vis-à-vis the emergent donor …

This paper asks why Japan has recently shifted its policy direction to pursue national food
security through overseas agricultural investment, and what role the state plays in helping …