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Land Grabbing in Eastern Europe the former SU and Central Asia

Land Grabbing in Eastern Europe the former SU and Central Asia. Competing Views and Strategies on Global Land Grabbing – Side-event on the occassion of the 36th session of the World Committee on Food Security, co-organized with IPC & TNI Oane Visser Radboud University Nijmegen, NL Max Spoor

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Land Grabbing in Eastern Europe the former SU and Central Asia

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  1. Land Grabbing in Eastern Europe the former SU and Central Asia Competing Views and Strategies on Global Land Grabbing – Side-event on the occassion of the 36th session of the World Committee on Food Security, co-organized with IPC & TNI Oane Visser Radboud University Nijmegen, NL Max Spoor Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, NL

  2. Introduction Land grabbing debate: • focus on Africa,also Latin-America, Asia. • ignorance of post-Soviet Eurasia

  3. Introduction (2): Post-Soviet Eurasia • Focus on: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan • Large deals • Central questions: • What is the magnitude of the process? • What kind of investors are involved? • What are the socio-economic consequences? (esp. access to land)

  4. Propects for agriculture in the region • Short term: • abundance of unused & underutilized land • low land prices • potential for sharp increase in yields • infrastructure (Black-Earth, Siberia) • Long term: • climate change • water resources

  5. Land acquisitions: • Domestic investors: • 1990s: privatisation, economic decline • End 1990s/ early 2000s: energy companies • 2002 onwards: industrial & trade companies • Type of international investors: • Ukraine & European Russia: Western companies, Gulf countries • Siberia & Kazakhstan: Asian countries (China, S-Korea, Japan) • Difference in strategy (type of investor, workforce) • Magnitude: • large-scale land acquisitions (Domestic, International)

  6. Tensions and downsides: • Ownership issues • 1990s privatisation: rural population got land rights, but farm units remained large-scale • No physical distribution, registration, contracts • Land code: rush for land • Semi-legal lease and ownership • Illegal land acquisitions • More secure ownership rights as solution?

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