Land

Land is a basic economic input used to provide a location for productive facilities, human settlement, recreation, and nature preserves. Agriculture, both farming and grazing, is a major use, as are lands left in a natural or lightly managed state used as wilderness, nature preserves, and for harvesting of natural resources.

Capitalist exploitation
Countries with weak or corrupt governments often lease or sell huge tracts of land to international agribusiness investors displacing local farmers and indigenous peoples. Cambodia, for example, has granted 55% of its land area to foreign investors. The investors, if they use the land at all, often displace local residents, grow crops useful only for export, and hire few, if any, local residents.

External links and further reading

 * Land (economics)