%0 Journal Article %T Land concentration and land grabbing: Implications for the socio %A Bianca Mitric£¿ %A Elena-Ana Popovici %A Irena Mocanu %J Outlook on Agriculture %@ 2043-6866 %D 2018 %R 10.1177/0030727018781138 %X In the periods of pre- and post-accession to the European Union, Romania experienced great and rapid land concentration and land grabbing. The current article is seeking to identify the relationship between these processes, and the socio-economic development of rural communities in two counties (C£¿l£¿ra£¿i and Ialomi£¿a) located in the south-east of Romania. By using a set of statistical indicators, the authors computed two secondary indexes: Agricultural Development Index and Social Disadvantage Index, whose correlation revealed that areas with massive land concentration (almost 80% of all Local Administrative Units) have a low level of socio-economic development %K Agricultural land consolidation %K statistical indicators %K socio-economic development %K population %K Romania %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0030727018781138