Africa's land rush : rural livelihoods & agrarian change /
edited by Ruth Hall, Ian Scoones & Dzodzi Tsikata.
- Rochester Boydell, bnewer inc. 2015
- xix, 204 pages : illustrations, maps ;
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.