Making the most of agricultural investment

Vermeulen S.;Cotula L.;Land and Water Division

Making the most of agricultural investment

A survey of business models that provide opportunities for smallholders

Year of publication 2010

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 106 p.

Author Vermeulen S.;Cotula L.;Land and Water Division

Publisher FAO/IFAD ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 97818436

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in agricultural investment. In many cases, this new momentum has translated into large-scale acquisitions of farmland in lower- and middle-income countries. Partly as a result of sustained media attention, these acquisitions have triggered lively if polarised debates about “land grabbing”. Less attention has been paid, however, to alternative ways of structuring agricultural investments that do not involve large-scale land acquisitions. These include a wide range of more collaborative arrangements between large-scale investors and local small-scale farmers and communities, such as diverse types of contract farming schemes, joint ventures, management contracts and new supply chain relationships.

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