Latest study questions the role of European investments
From a right to food perspective, this collaborative study analizes the role of European private and public financing in Zambia
Jointly working as the Hands Off the Land Alliance (HOTL), this publication was a project of Transnational Institute (TNI), FIAN International, FIAN Netherlands, FIAN Germany, FIAN Austria, IGO in Poland, and FDCL in Germany. They have published the study titled “Fast track agribusiness expansion, land grabs and the role of European private and public financing in Zambia: A right to food perspective” on the role finance capital from Europe plays in Zambian landgrabbing and related agribusiness expansion.
The study targeted the following questions:
– What role does finance capital from Europe play in Zambian land grabbing and related agribusiness expansion? Does this involvement have distinct features?
– Which overall development narratives are used by financial investor vis-à-vis their economic/ financial narratives targeted to the business world?
– Can we draw implications from this desk research for the right to food, especially for issues of accountability and extraterritorial human rights obligations of European states?