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  1. 1. Foreign large-scale land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Boon or bane for domestic food security?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Laura Baiker; [2018]
    Keywords : land grab; food security; foreign investments; smallholder agriculture; large-scale farming; Africa; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Since the boom in global food prices in 2008, governments and companies around the world seek to boost agricultural output and sustain internal food security through the purchase and lease of farmland in Sub-Saharan Africa. There is no consensus in the literature whether land acquisitions by foreign investors are beneficial to the livelihoods of the local people in Africa. READ MORE

  3. 2. A multi-scale analysis of biofuel-related land acquisitions in Tanzania : with focus on Sweden as an investor

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Emma Johansson; [2013]
    Keywords : social impacts; environmental impacts; jatropha; sugarcane; Tanzania; Sweden; biofuel; Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; Land acquisition; DPSIR; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Spurred on by pressure to find sustainable energy production alternatives to fossil fuels, many industries have been acquiring land in order to plant crops for biofuel production. In Tanzania, biofuel development is in an early stage, and over the last decade, several foreign actors have tried to start up biofuel projects in the country (without success). READ MORE

  4. 3. Large Scale Foreign Land Acquisitions: Neoliberal Opportunities or Neocolonial Challenges?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Readeat Adbib; [2012-06-20]
    Keywords : Large-scale Foreign Land Acquisitions; Neoliberalism; Neocolonialism; Win win benefits; Food Security; Land; China; Ethiopia; Tanzania; Uganda;

    Abstract : Over the last decade, a dramatic rise in commercial agricultural investment has taken place the world over at a rate much higher than previous times. Some of the causes that spurred this whole business happen to be mainly the food security concerns of food poor countries as in the case of the Gulf states, a shift of focus by western based investment banks, hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds towards less volatile assets such as land in the aftermath of the 2007/08 global financial crises, drought induced food export restrictions by major food exporting countries such as India and Russia, only to mention some of them. READ MORE