Essays about: "LSLA"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word LSLA.

  1. 1. Land? Gone. Water? Gone. What Next? A Systematic Review of Impacts of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions on Water Security of Smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Ahmed Asadullah; [2023]
    Keywords : Large-Scale Land Acquisition LSLA ; Water Security; Smallholders; Impact; Sub-Saharan Africa SSA ; Hydrosocial Cycle; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Recent land grabs in Sub-Saharan Africa are influenced by both land availability and access to water resources beyond seasonal rains. However, much of the literature has treated land grabs and their attendant water resource appropriations as separate phenomena until recently. READ MORE

  3. 2. Land-grabbing, Women and Food : An Investigation of Developmental Projects and Their Impact on Women’s Right to Food and Participation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Faith-Mary Lubira-Bagenda; [2021]
    Keywords : Land-grabbing; Large-scale land acquisition; LSLA; Women’s rights; Right to Food; Participation; Small-scale farmers;

    Abstract : There has been a surge in demand for arable land as a resource for agricultural production for food and energy purposes. This surge can be attributed to increases in global food prices, climate change, population pressure, and escalating energy prices. The search for land has given rise to the practice of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLA). READ MORE

  4. 3. ‘It is they, the elders, that have thrown away the land’ : a case study on power hierarchies in the community of Babator, Northern Ghana

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Johanna Caminati Engström; [2020]
    Keywords : Ghana; customary land; global land rush; large-scale land acquisition; customary hierarchies; power; resource access; conflict and cooperation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In a global context of proliferating land-based investments, growing demographic pressure, and increasing urbanization, this thesis investigates a case of large-scale land acquisition (LSLA) in Babator, Norther Ghana. The objective is to provide a better understanding of how local power structures within affected communities influence the outcome of LSLAs. READ MORE

  5. 4. Exploring complex pathways in the climate change, vulnerability and conflict nexus in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Caroline Long; Markus Hatting; [2018]
    Keywords : Climate Change; Violent Conflict; Vulnerability; Adaptive Capacity; Fragility; Resilience; Governance; Land-grabbing; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The climate change and conflict nexus has been the focus of much debate and speculation in academic circles as well as public discourse. Much of the existing research has been undertaken by studies using quantitative methods, which intend to prove or disprove the existence of a causal relationship. READ MORE

  6. 5. Identifying large-scale land acquisitions and their agro-ecological consequences : a remote sensing based study in Ghana

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Jenny Hansson; [2017]
    Keywords : remote sensing; land acquisition; physical geography and ecosystem analysis; Ghana; agro-ecology; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Today there are more than 45 million hectares (ha) of concluded large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) in the low- and middle- income countries around the globe. Whether LSLA is referred to as land grabbing or land investment, LSLA means that the right to utilise land is moved from the local people to investors. READ MORE