Resisting contemporary land grabs

Report by Jun Borras on international conference on land grabs co-organized by ISS.

Following the acceleration of the global rush to grab farmland, precipitated by the convergence of crises of food, fuel and finance, processes of resistance are emerging on multiple fronts.

Such land grabs do not always play out the way the investors and their government backers expect, and people are mobilising to resist them.

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About the author

Dr. Borras is Associate Professor at ISS. The emphasis of his work is on bridging academic research, development policy practice and civil society actions.