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Land Grabbing in Africa - The Race for Africa's Rich Farmland (Paperback)
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Land Grabbing in Africa - The Race for Africa's Rich Farmland (Paperback)
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The sign that 'Africa is on Sale' has been appearing with regular
frequency in major newspaper accounts across the world, indicating
that large amounts/expanses of Africa's rich farmlands are being
sold to transnational investors, usually on long-term leases, at a
rate not seen in decades - indeed not since the colonial period.
Transnational and national economic actors from various business
sectors (oil and auto, mining and forestry, food and chemical,
bioenergy, etc.) are eagerly acquiring, or declaring their
intention to acquire large areas of land on which to build,
maintain or extend large-scale extractive and agro-industrial
enterprises to help secure their own food and energy needs into the
future. This book provides a critical appraisal of the growing
phenomenon of land grabbing in Africa. Far from being a technical
issue associated "good governance", the problem of land grabbing by
transnational corporation and states is a serious threat for the
food security of millions of Africans and is undoubtedly one of the
great challenges of our time for development on the continent. The
case studies illustrate that African states are also complicit in
the massive land grabbing by actively participating in isolated
development while excluding the local communities. The case studies
reveal key features that characterize how the global land grab
plays out in specific localities in Africa. This book was published
as a special issue of African Identities.
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