Conference Agenda

The Globalization of Farmland: Theory and Empirical Evidence

Rabah Arezki¹, Christian Bogmans², Harris Selod¹

¹World Bank, United States of America; ²International Monetary Fund, United States of America

Impacts Of Large Agricultural Investments - A Comparative Analysis From Three African Countries

Johannes Marcus Giger¹, Ward Anseeuw², Sheryl L Hendriks³, Eve Fouilleux⁴, Perrrin Burnod^4,6, Aurélien Aurélien Reys⁴, Sandra Eckert¹, Boniface Kiteme⁷, Christoph Oberlack¹, Julie Zähringer¹, Camilla Adele⁸, Michael Van Der Laan⁹, John Annandale⁹, Magalie Bourblanc⁴, Sara Mercandalli^4,5, Peter Messerli¹

¹University of Bern, Switzerland; ²French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) and International Land Coalition (ILC), Rome; ³Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being and the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa; ⁴CIRAD, France; ⁵University of Pretoria, South Africa; ⁶Malagasy Land Observatory, Madagascar; ⁷CETRAD (Centre for Training and Integrated Research In ASAL Development) Nanyuki, Kenya; ⁸Study of Governance Innovation, University of Pretoria, South Africa; ⁹University of Pretoria, Department of Plant Production and Soil Science

Towards normalization? Comparison and evolution of land acquisitions in eight African countries

Angela Harding¹, Wytske Chamberlain^1,4, Ward Anseeuw^1,2,3, Markus Giger^1,5

¹Land Matrix Initiative; ²International Land Coalition; ³CIRAD; ⁴University of Pretoria; ⁵Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) - University of Bern

Tainted Lands: Corruption In Large-Scale Land Deals

Olivier De Schutter¹, George Boden²

¹University of Louvain (UCL, Belgium) and at SciencesPo (Paris); ²Global Witness