Interrogates the narratives of "land grabbing" and "agricultural investment" through detailed local studies that illuminate how these are experienced on the ground and the implications for Africa's land and agricultural economy.

Introduction: The Contexts and Consequences of Africa's Land Rush - Ruth Hall and Ian Scoones and Dzodzi TsikataState, Land and Agricultural Commercialisation in Kwara State, Nigeria - Joseph Ariyo and Michael MortimoreRecent Transnational Land Deals and the Local Agrarian Economy in Ghana - Dzodzi Tsikata and Joseph YaroLarge-Scale Land Acquisitions in Ethiopia: Implications for Agricultural Transformation and Livelihood Security - Maru SheteLarge-Scale Land Acquisitions in Ethiopia: Implications for Agricultural Transformation and Livelihood Security - Marcel RuttenLand Deals and Pastoralist Livelihoods in Laikipia County, Kenya - John LetaiLand Deals in the Tana Delta, Kenya - Abdirizak NunowThe State and Foreign Capital in Agricultural Commercialisation: The Case of Tanzania's Kilombero Sugar Company - Emmanuel SulleThe State and Foreign Capital in Agricultural Commercialisation: The Case of Tanzania's Kilombero Sugar Company - Rebecca SmalleyTrapped between the Farm Input Subsidy Programme and Green Belt Initiative: Malawi's Contemporary Agrarian Political Economy - Blessings ChinsingaTrapped between the Farm Input Subsidy Programme and Green Belt Initiative: Malawi's Contemporary Agrarian Political Economy - Michael ChasukwaAgrarian Struggles in Mozambique: Insights from Sugarcane Plantations - Gaynor Paradza and Emmanuel SulleSouth African Commercial Farmers in the Congo - Ruth Hall and Ward Anseeuw and Gaynor Paradza