Land grabbing, land dispossession, land rush: what can we learn from Colombia?
What can we learn about global land grabbing from one of its hotspots: Colombia? Conversely, what can Colombia learn from global dynamics? We examine key debates by analyzing the Colombian case, showing how global and national processes affirm, complicate, and challenge views on land deals, labor, and capital. Colombia’s particular configuration of corporate power, narco-capital, and displacement expands current understandings of actors and mechanisms in land grabs. In turn, global perspectives shed light on Colombia by situating it within broader dynamics of financialization, speculative investment, and labor fragmentation.
Authors
- Rocío del Pilar Peña Huertas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2167-8676)
- Sergio Coronado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1234-6258)
- Itayosara Rojas Herrera
- D. Fajardo
- Saturnino M. Borras (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3092-7467)
- Angela Serrano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2954-0962)
- Diana Ojeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2009-8060)
- Lorenza Arango
- Julio Arias Vanegas
- Isabel Díaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5349-0996)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (CO)
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Universidad de Los Andes (BO)
- Universidad del Rosario (CO)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Peasant Studies
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2025.2554822
- Primary Topic
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme
- HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council