Data underlying the paper 'effects of food value-chain connection on land-use change'

This value-chain connection was characterized by describing how a person managing agricultural land is connected to a value chain, in terms of agency, distance to consumers, and environmental norms. The influence of these factors on land use and -cover change was explored by means of a systematic literature review of global case studies, resulting in this dataset.

It covers 198 reviewed documents and 531 distinct cases that were distinguished, with information on land use and -cover change, information on value-chain connection, information on location and severable other variables. Analyses of the data shows that among land managers not connected to value chains at all (i.e., subsistence), and among those selling in short supply-chains, a decrease in intensification is more frequently observed than among other land managers.