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Dataset
GRAIN-landgrab-data
Dataset of "land grabs" documented by GRAIN between 2006 and 2012. The dataset covers commercial deals between investors and states which:
About
Dataset of "land grabs" documented by GRAIN between 2006 and 2012. The dataset covers commercial deals between investors and states which:
- were initiated after 2006,
- have not been cancelled,
- are led by foreign investors,
- are for the production of food crops; and,
- involve large areas of land.
Released by GRAIN on 23 February 2012.
License terms are public domain (but with a request for courtesy): "GRAIN does not recognise or enforce copyright on its work. You are free to copy, translate and distribute any material authored by GRAIN on this website. We ask only that the original source be acknowledged and that a sample of your reprint, repost or translation be sent to: GRAIN, Girona 25 ppal 08010 Barcelona Spain Fax: +34 93 301.13.81 Email: grain@grain.org"
Download & API
2012-08-14T085537/GRAIN---Land-grab-deals---Jan-2012.xlsxls313 KB
Original .xls of data on "land grabs" released by GRAIN
2012-10-31T183207/Original+clean_GRAIN_dataset_20121003.xlsxls400 KB
This spreadsheet contains two worksheets: 1) the original dataset on landgrabbing released by GRAIN; and, 2) a clean version of the dataset, used by the School of Data / Tactical Technology Collective as an example dataset. The clean dataset has a number of differences, including tidied up currency information, reconciled categories, removed non-printables.
Sources & license
Sources
License
- Other (Public Domain)