Africa's Land Rush
Subtitle: Rural Livelihoods and Agrarian Change
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, Limited
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781847011305
Subjects: Land use, rural; Land use, africa
Description: This book explores the processes through which land deals are being made; the implications for agrarian structure, rural livelihoods and food security; and the historical context for changing land uses. The case studies reveal that these land grabs may resonate with, even resurrect, forms of production associated with the colonial and early independence eras. Based on interviews with the investors, government authorities, workers, outgrowers and smallholder farmers in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and the Congo, the book depicts the striking diversity of such deals.