Commercial pressures and legal rights: the trouble with the law regulating agricultural investment in Africa

Titolo Rivista QA Rivista dell’Associazione Rossi-Doria
Autori/Curatori Lorenzo Cotula
Anno di pubblicazione 2013 Fascicolo 2013/2
Lingua Inglese Numero pagine 32 P. 163-194 Dimensione file 398 KB
DOI 10.3280/QU2013-002007
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Un rinnovato interesse ad investire nell’agricoltura africana accresce le pressioni commerciali sulla terra. Normative nazionali, internazionali e transnazionali determinano diritti; obblighi; meccanismi di esecuzione; arene per negoziato e contestazione tra i molteplici attori che gli investimenti agricoli mettono in contatto. Eredità storiche e sviluppi recenti hanno favorito la creazione di un regime giuridico che è volto a favorire i flussi di investimento, più che ad assicurare che tali flussi portino benefici alle popolazioni nei Paesi riceventi. Per promuovere investimenti inclusivi nell’agricoltura, è necessario ripensare aspetti importanti del diritto, e rafforzare le capacità locali di esercitare diritti in modo efficace.

Keywords:Legge: Generale (legge costituzionale), Proprietà, Internazionale, Proprietà della terra, Riforma agraria, Usi della terra, Irrigazione, Agricoltura e ambiente, Multinazionali

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Lorenzo Cotula, Commercial pressures and legal rights: the trouble with the law regulating agricultural investment in Africa in "QA Rivista dell’Associazione Rossi-Doria" 2/2013, pp 163-194, DOI: 10.3280/QU2013-002007