Unintended Consequences: The Ecological Repercussions of Land Grabbing in Sub-Saharan Africa

@article{Balehegn2015UnintendedCT,
  title={Unintended Consequences: The Ecological Repercussions of Land Grabbing in Sub-Saharan Africa},
  author={Mulubrhan Balehegn},
  journal={Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development},
  year={2015},
  volume={57},
  pages={21 - 4}
}
  • M. Balehegn
  • Published 23 February 2015
  • Economics
  • Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development
www.EnvironmEntmagazinE.org voLUmE 57 nUmBEr 2 Recently, the world has witnessed a colonial-like rush and scramble for farmlands in the global south by big multinational corporations from wealthy countries, a phenomenon that has steadily increased in its scale and intensity lately and that is labeled “land grabbing” by international media due to irregularities and corruption in the acquisition process.1 Since 2000, more than 1.7% of the global agricultural area has been of the subject of some… 
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