Food security or commercial business? Gulf State investments in Australian agriculture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2157129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Sippel (0000-0003-2440-1637, corresponding author), Sarah Ruth Sippel |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 981-1001 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03066150.2014.990448 |
| OpenAlex | W2047637380 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 31 |
Worldwide investments in agricultural land have gained much attention in recent years, resulting in renewed awareness of land as being a scarce and finite resource. This paper investigates a case of South-to-North land deals, namely investments from the Arab Gulf targeting agricultural land in Australia. For the Arab Gulf States that highly depend on external food supplies, investment abroad is one strategy to guarantee future food security. At the same time, leading Australian political and economic representatives have been eager to attract investments from the Gulf. Increasing foreign investment in Australian land has, however, provoked a vivid public debate in Australia. Concepts of foreign direct investment and its role are currently renegotiated on the federal level with regard to Australia's own food security, the 'national interest' and the redefinition of 'Australian agricultural land'. While these concerns also play out on the local level, investments have to be seen within the wider context of Australian ruralities. The paper reveals how food security and commercial and financial interests intersect and become blurred within current transformations of the global agri-food system
Agricultural land · Agriculture · Business · Context (archaeology · Economics · Economy · Food security · Food systems · Foreign direct investment · Geography · International trade · Investment (military · Land grabbing · Natural resource economics · Political science · Politics · Resource (disambiguation · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Land Rights and Reforms
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |