Landscapes Blog

October 10, 2014

The Fall and Rise Again of Plantations in Tropical Asia: What it Means for Agricultural Landscapes

Derek Byerlee, Visiting Scholar, Stanford University

Investment in large farms goes against historical trends In 2008, I co-directed the World Development Report on Agriculture for Development, which strongly argued for a development strategy based on small and medium sized family farms—smallholders for short. Since then, I have been following the surge in investor interest in large farms and plantations. Although much [&hellip ...
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