Land grabbing

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/land-grabbing

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the associated resource acquisition?Water grabbing, the securing of water resources essential for large-scale agriculture
2. What is the primary regions affected?The Global South, including many countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
3. Why did land grabbing become more common after 2008?After the 2007-2008 food price crisis, food prices rose and many worried about food security. Investors saw a chance to buy cheap land and grow food or biofuel, so more land was bought.
4. Where does most land grabbing happen?Most of the land is bought in the Global South, meaning countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, where farmers and governments can sell or lease large areas.

Food security: The state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): An investment made by a company or individual from one country into business interests located in another country.
Land tenure: The relationship, whether by law, custom or otherwise, by which people associate themselves with land.