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Africa's Land Rush : Rural Livelihoods and Agrarian Change by Michael Mortimore; Joseph Yaro; Joseph Ariyo; Ward Anseeuw; Blessings Chinsinga; Michael Chasukwa; John Letai; Abdirizak Nunow; Gaynor Paradza; Marcel Rutten; Maru Shete; Emmanuel Sulle; Rebecca Smalley is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Africa has been at the centre of a "land grab" in recent years, with investors lured by projections of rising food prices, growing demand for "green" energy, and cheap land and water rights. But suchland is often also used or claimed through custom by communities. What does this mean for Africa? In what ways are rural people's lives and livelihoods being transformed as a result? And who will control its land and agricultural futures? The case studies explore the processes through which land deals are being made; the implications for agrarian structure, rural livelihoods and food security; and the historical context of changing land uses, revealing that these land grabs may resonate with, even resurrect, forms of large-scale production associated with the colonial and early independence eras. The book depicts the striking diversity of deals and dealers: white Zimbabwean farmers in northern Nigeria, Dutch and American joint ventures in Ghana, an Indian agricultural company in Ethiopia's hinterland, European investors in Kenya's drylands and a Canadian biofuel company on its coast, South African sugar agribusiness in Tanzania's southern growth corridor, in Malawi's "Greenbelt" and in

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Author

Michael Mortimore; Joseph Yaro; Joseph Ariyo; Ward Anseeuw; Blessings Chinsinga; Michael Chasukwa; John Letai; Abdirizak Nunow; Gaynor Paradza; Marcel Rutten; Maru Shete; Emmanuel Sulle; Rebecca Smalley

Publisher

Boydell and Brewer Limited

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781847011305

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Anthropology, Business, Political Science