@article{Visser:95314,
      recid = {95314},
      author = {Visser, Oane and Spoor, Max},
      title = {Land grabbing in Eastern Europe: global food security and  land governance in post - Soviet Eurasia},
      address = {2010-08},
      number = {702-2016-48177},
      pages = {16},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {While ‘land grabbing’ in Africa by China, and other  populous, high-income Asian countries such as South Korea  got quite some attention, land grabbing in post-Soviet  Eurasia has gone largely unnoticed. However, as this paper  shows, recently also in the latter region foreign state and  private companies are accumulating vast expanses of farm  land. The paper discusses the factors which make  post-Soviet Eurasia such an attractive area for  international investment, with arguably much more potential  than most areas in Africa or Asia. Second, the process of  land accumulation and acquisition of farms is described.  Both domestic as well as international accumulation of land  is dealt with, placing this in the domestic context of  agricultural development and institutions. Furthermore, the  main actors (investors) involved in land grabbing are  distinguished (according to their country of origin and  legal or institutional form). Third, the paper outlines the  main obstacles (and points of contention) concerning the  emergence (and effectiveness/performance) of domestic and  especially international, agro-holdings in the region, and  will present some preliminary findings around the question  whether this development is a necessary step towards  agricultural modernization, or that there are substantial  disadvantages to land grabbing.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/95314},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.95314},
}