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Sustainable Development Innovation Briefs: Issue 8
UNDESA, 2010
Foreign land purchases for agriculture: what impact on sustainable development?

Private investors and governments have recently stepped up foreign investment in farmlandin the form of purchases or long-term lease of large tracks of arable land, notably in Africa. This brief examines the implications of this trend for sustainable development.

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