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LGAR - SYNTHESIS - Land grabbing: New actors in a longstanding process
19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):
By Isaac Lawther
Land is a complex component of the global food system. There is no one definitive function of land; we can stand on it, build on it, grow food on it, extract from it, divide it, and identify with...
https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7667/?v=1
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SWFS - Governing land and landscapes: Political ecology of enclosures and commons
19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):
By Harriet Friedmann
Most of the world’s food is still produced by small farmers, many of whom remain organized though customary land tenure. Customary tenure is a general term for specific cultural ways in which...
https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7636/?v=1
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Old habits die hard: The need for feminist rethinking in global food and agricultural policies
19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):
By Andrea M. Collins
A number of global initiatives designed in recent years address global food security and aim to reduce the vulnerability of small-scale and peasant farmers in the face of expanded transnational...
https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7580/?v=1
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Book Review: Finance or Food? The role of cultures, values, and ethics in land use negotiations
19 Mar 2025 | Review | Contributor(s):
By Amanda Shankland
Book Review of Finance or Food? The role of cultures, values, and ethics in land use negotiations, Hilde Bjorkhaug, Philip McMichael, and Bruce Muirhead. We have today a highly capitalized and...
https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7504/?v=1
