This document discusses the issue of "land grabs", where large tracts of agricultural land in developing countries are acquired by foreign investors and governments. It notes that millions of hectares of land have been acquired in recent years in Africa and Asia for large-scale commercial agriculture. While proponents argue this can help boost food production, critics say it often displaces local farmers and communities without their consent. The document explores the impacts and ethical issues around land grabs through curriculum resources and discussion questions.

1. http://anticap.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/agro-imperialism/ Land Grabs & Food Security

2. “land is not just a resource to be exploited, but a crucial vehicle for the achievement of improved socio-economic, biological, and physical environments”Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (1999)

3. Your presenters...Alan ParkinsonSecondary Curriculum Development Leader Geographical AssociationJohn McLavertyYouth and Schools Coordinator, London & SEOxfam GB

4. Geographies of Food“Living Geography” Image: Carl Warner http://slideshare.net/geoblogs

5. Context... 2009: Manchester Controversial Issues: Resourcing the Food Crisis http://geography.org.uk/cpdevents/onlinecpd/foodsecurity/

6. 2010: Derby Second Helpings: the food crisis one year on http://geography.org.uk/cpdevents/onlinecpd/geographyoffood/

7. ‘Geography’ article...

8. Food as geopolitics...

9. Land Grabs http://farmlandgrab.org/8066

10. CURRICULUM PEDAGOGY

11. Curriculum MakingFood in the CurriculumKS3GCSE‘A’ level

12. The Independent – 11th April

13. Guardian Podcasthttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/audio/2011/jan/28/guardian-focus-podcast-land-grabs Jan 2011 Libya in Mali

14. John Vidal in Ethiopia’s Gambella regionGuardian video http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/video/2011/mar/21/ethiopia-land-rush

15. Enquiry QuestionsWhat are land grabs ? Are you eating food grown on land that was grabbed ?Will land grabs become more common in the future ?

16. Global Connections £17

17. John McLavertyOXFAM GBJohn’s slides here...

18. Land Grabs? ? Large Scale Agricultural Investment?

19. English Enclosures The law doth punish man or woman That steals the goose from off the common But lets the greater felon loose That steals the common from the goose. Loxley Chase, west of Sheffield

20. Scottish Clearances

21. ‘Land Grabs’ seem to be everywhere…

22. Imperial Expansion ‘Banana Republics’

23. 21st Century Food A New Age of Scarcity?

25. Who’s grabbing? The Economist, May 21 2009

26. Where’s getting grabbed? The Economist, May 21st 2009

28. losers? How?

30. Final thought Are land grabs really water grabs?

31. Learn More www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p www.guardian.co.uk/global-development www.globaldashboard.org

32. Do more Oxfam Water Week 11 – 17 July www.oxfam.org.uk/waterweek Resources on land grabs Autumn 2011 www.oxfam.org.uk/education

33. Thankyou! John McLaverty Youth and Schools Campaigner 0207 802 9981 jmclaverty@oxfam.org.uk

34. “5 a day” images stories

35. Where are land grabs happening ?http://bighugelabs.com/map.php

37. Deforestation

38. Cattle

39. RiceDesign a geographical recipe. With thank to Tony Cassidy for inspiration here

41. Referenceshttp://www.oaklandinstitute.org/pdfs/LandGrab_final_web.pdf - useful report on land grabsMy FOOD Flickr set