Water availability is a major factor constraining humanity's ability to meet the future food and
energy needs of a growing and increasingly affluent human population. Water plays an …

An estimated 80% of the world's population faces a high-level water security or water-related
biodiversity risk. The issue of water security—defined as an acceptable level of water-related …

This essay introduces and invites contributions to a new Journal of Peasant Studies Forum
on 'climate change and critical agrarian studies'. Climate change is inextricably entwined …

Political reactions 'from below'to global land grabbing have been vastly more varied and
complex than is usually assumed. This essay introduces a collection of ground-breaking …

Major environmental functions and human needs critically depend on water. In regions of
the world affected by water scarcity economic activities can be constrained by water …

Cash crops such as soy, cocoa and oil palm have expanded at great speed in developing
countries, often at the expense of customary landowners, traditional livelihoods, and …

We introduce this special issue by explaining seven characteristics of land grabbing in Latin
America. These features are not unique to the region. By highlighting them–arguing, for …

Scholars, practitioners and activists generally agree that investor interest in land has
climbed sharply, although they differ about what to call this phenomenon and how to …

ABSTRACT La Via Campesina has revalorized agrarian politics, transformed knowledge
politics, and co-constructed the field of Critical Agrarian Studies. It has shown the important …

The beta version of the Global Observatory was launched by the Land Matrix in April 2012
with the aim of creating a reliable source of data to feed debate and provoke informed action …