Interrogates the narratives of "land grabbing" and "agricultural
investment" through detailed local studies that illuminate how
these are experienced on the ground and the implications for
Africa's land and agricultural economy. 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 such land 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 southern Mozambique, and white South African
farmers venturing onto former state farms in the Congo. Ruth Hall
is Associate Professor at the Institute for Poverty, Land and
Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape,
South Africa; Ian Scoones is a Professorial Fellow at the Institute
of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex and
Director of the ESRC STEPS Centre; Dzodzi Tsikata is Associate
Professor at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic
Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana, Legon.
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