Agricultural outsourcing: A two-headed coin?
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A Saudi agricultural consortium, Jenat, invested $400 million in food production in Sudan and Ethiopia after previously investing in 10,000 hectares of wheat, barley and livestock in Egypt.
“For example, $400 million have been invested into food production in Sudan and Ethiopia by a consortium of Saudi Agricultural firm called Jenat, having previously invested in 10,000 hectares of wheat, barley and livestock in Egypt.(83,84)”
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- Authors
- Azadi, H., Houshyar, E., Zarafshani, K., Hosseininia, G., & Witlox, F.
- Affiliations
- Ghent University (BE)
- Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz (IR)
- Razi University (IR)
- University of Tehran (IR)
- Corresponding author
- Azadi, Hossein
- Venue
- Global and Planetary Change
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-01
- Volume
- 100
- Pages
- 20-27
- ISSN
- 0921-8181 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2069809380
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 4 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 2.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Global and Planetary Change (publishedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
- European Commission
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Agricultural economics and policies
- Keywords
- land grabbing, neocolonialism, host country impacts, European Green Deal, risk assessment
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