Land Grabbing, Agribusiness and the Peasantry in Brazil and Mozambique

This work presents initial results of research into the complex relationships between the development of the land grabbing and agribusiness expansion in Brazil and Mozambique and their effects on the peasantry in both countries. We will examine the relations between the governments of Brazil and Mozambique in order to understand Brazil’s relatively recent involvement in land grabbing in Mozambique. This will inform our discussion of the role of Brazil as a country affected by land grabbing, while simultaneously promoting such practices in Mozambique. We contextualize these two countries in the overall global process of land grabbing in order to contribute to the debate promoted by the Land Deal Politics Initiative
(LDPI).