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52 Harv. Int'l L.J. 503 (2011)
The Green Rush: The Global Race for Farmland and the Rights of Land Users

handle is hein.journals/hilj52 and id is 507 raw text is: VOLUME 52, NUMBER 2, SUMMER 2011

The Green Rush: The Global Race for Farmland
and the Rights of Land Users
Olivier De Schutter
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION       .............................................. 504
1. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STATES AND MARKETS IN
AGRICULTURE: A BRIEF HISTORY ......................   508
II. THE NEW COMPETITION FOR LAND ....................     520
III. THE THREATS TO THE RIGHTS OF LAND USERS ......... .524
A. The Protection of Land Users from Eviction: Two Approaches
to Security of Tenure  ............................. 525
B. Protecting Communal Rights ........................ 533
C. The Decentralized Management of Natural Resources .....  538
IV. CHOICES FACING GOVERNMENTS: THREE SCENARIOS..... ..540
A. The Transition Scenario. .......................... 540
B. The Coexistence Scenario  ........................... 543
C.  The Reform  Scenario  ................................  548
V.  CONCLUSION  ...........................................  556