List of contributors
Introduction to the book
SECTION I Structural transformation of agricultural land
1. Jerzy Banski, Contemporary processes of transformation of the agricultural land use in Central Europe
2. Jozsef Lennert, Jeno Zsolt Farkas, Agricultural Transformation in Hungary: trends and challenges since 1990
3. Simon Measho Yhdego, Structural transitions of agricultural land use across Northeast Africa during 2001-2020
4. Francisco M.P. Mugizi, Land fragmentation and agricultural productivity in Tanzania
5. Shiqi Wang, Zhi Cao, Yizhu Ruan, Structural transitions of agricultural land-use in China after 1978
6. Chandra Kala Magar, Dhanjit Deka, Bimal Kumar Kar, Growth of tea plantations and its impact on agricultural land use in Assam (India)
SECTION II Environmental and social challenges in agricultural land use
7. Guy M. Robinson, Bingjie Song, Agriculture's response to diverse environmental and other challenges in the driest state in the driest continent
8. Danielle A. du Plooy, Sean Connelly, Shaping agriculture and agri-food system futures in Aotearoa New Zealand: the role of values and relationships with land and self
9. Milada Stastna, Antonin Vaishar, Recent changes of land use in Southern Moravia's lowland and highland regions
10. Daniela Ribeiro, Matej Gabrovec, Transformation of cultural landscapes: case studies from Slovenia
11. Sivapuram Venkata Rama Krishna Prabhakar, Agricultural land use and its climate change vulnerability in Asia: moving from vulnerability to resilience
12. Tayeb Addoun, Dynamic of agriculture and sustainability of the oasis ecosystem: the case of Mansoura (Algerian Sahara)
SECTION III Farm land in planning and policy
13. Chinwe Ifejika Speranza, Chima Iheaturu, Frank Mintah, Ingrid Kjelsen, Robin Hartmann, Juri Fitz, Paule Pamela Tabi Eckebil, Georges A. Agonvonon, Giulia F. Curatola Fernandez, Vladimir R. Wingate, David Ellison, Samuel Hepner, Felicia O. Akinyemi, Targeting agricultural land expansion across Africa: pathways through effective nature protection, sustainable intensification, and strengthening land governance
14. Laudelina Alves Ribeiro, Uelson Serra Garcia, Jefferson Andronio Ramundo Staduto, Ana Cecilia Kreter, Development policy and its influence on land use: a study of institutional markets in Maranhao, Brazil
15. Gregory Veeck, Rapid increases in arable land values, and long-term implications to the farm sector and rural economy of the United States: 2000-2023
16. Zhao Qianyu, Liu Hao, Urbanization and agricultural land use transformation in China: a perspective of off-farm employment
17. Ashley Gunter, Transitioning agricultural land to eco-estates in rural Gauteng: farmers' perceptions and policy and planning implications
18.Catherine Nakalembe, Diana B. Frimpong, Gordon Y. Mwesigwa, Long-term agricultural land use change analysis and land use policy in Karamoja, Uganda, since 2000
19. Soren Bech Pilgaard Kristensen, Anne Gravsholt Busck, Michael Helt Knudsen, Rural idyll or forgotten backwaters: what and who determines the transition of rural areas in Denmark? A case study from Central Jutland, Denmark
