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Category Text Publication
Reference Category Book chapters
DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-96347-7_5
Title (Primary) Regulating large-scale farmland investments in low income countries (‘land grabbing’): appraising different modes of transnational governance
Author Markus, T.
Publisher Ginzky, H.; Dooley, E.; Heuser, I.L.; Kameri-Mbote, P.; Kibugi, R.; Markus, T.; Ruppel, O.C.
Source Titel International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy
Year 2022
Department UPR
Volume 2020/2021
Page From 97
Page To 125
Language englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Keywords land grabbing; Legal Guide on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts (UNIDROIT); human rights; large-scale farmland investments; transnational
Abstract This article investigates the governance potentials of different policies and laws addressing the issues arising out of large-scale farmland investments in low income countries. To this end, it will interpret their development on the whole as a tentative effort by a set of different actors to forge an effective governance system. It is argued here that this development has largely been shaped by three distinctive strategies: 1) forming a better understanding of the complex issues arising out of large-scale farmland investments, 2) reframing these issues, the responsibilities of involved actors, and the purpose of regulation, and finally, 3) flexibly shifting modes of governance in view of ineffective national and international laws and institutions. All three strategies have contributed to establishing a system of transnational governance mechanisms that has the potential to effectively change investment practices.
Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=24056
Markus, T. (2022):
Regulating large-scale farmland investments in low income countries (‘land grabbing’): appraising different modes of transnational governance
In: Ginzky, H., Dooley, E., Heuser, I.L., Kameri-Mbote, P., Kibugi, R., Markus, T., Ruppel, O.C. (eds.)
International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2020/2021
Springer International Publishing, Cham, p. 97 - 125 10.1007/978-3-030-96347-7_5