Land Grabbing in Latin America and the Caribbean viewed from broader international perspectives

Joint publication by Jun Borras, Jennifer Franco, Cris Kay and Max Spoor

The UN FAO has recently announced that land grabbing, foreignization and concentration of land in Latin America and the Caribbean are far more widespread and intense than previously assumed.

The FAO carried out 17 studies in 17 countries. An overall analysis taken from a broader
international perspective carried out by four academics, three of whom are ISS current or formerstaff:

• Jun Borras - Associate Professor of Rural Development Studies
• Cris Kay - Emeritus Professor in Development Studies and Rural Development
• Max Spoor - Professor of Development Studies

Jun Borras presented the paper at a conference organized by FAO in Santiago, Chile on 14-15 November attended by several ministers, vice ministers and other top government officials working on land and agriculture and key civil society groups. It was presided by Jose Graziano da Silva, who is the current FAO Regional director, and is the incoming FAO Director-General based in Rome beginning in January 2012.

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The report, and a quote from Jun Borras was extensively covered by Latin American and Caribbean media, such as Fox News and Reuters