Department Systems Analysis, Integrated Assessment and Modelling

More 45 million hectares of land (approximately the size of Sweden) have been acquired through transnational land deals over the past two decades. This modern Global Land Rush was spurred by co-occurring shocks in climate, food production and international finance and the commodification of land in the Global South. This project looks at the interconnected food, water, energy and environmental security implications of this practice with a particular focus on the global vs local scales. The purported benefits of investments in agriculture in (so-called) under-developed regions to improve global yields are weighted against the tangible impacts of land grabs on the health and livelihood of the affected local population.