Essays about: "Large-scale land acquisition"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words Large-scale land acquisition.

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. Exploring land grabbing in Ethiopia - narratives & livelihood implications.

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

   Author : Aylin Nguyen; Linnea Widholm Ivarsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Smallholders; Agriculture development; Agriculture commercialization; local livelihoods; Growth and Transformation Plan; land relations;

   Abstract : The land grabbing phenomena grew in both reported cases and in scholarly interest after the 2008 financial crisis. The concept of land grabbing has been greatly debated and some have chosen the term large scale land acquisition instead, focusing on win-win outcomes while the land grabbing term rather focuses on the unequal power relations involved. READ MORE

4. 3. 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

5. 4. Family farm and financial asset : external land ownership and family agriculture on the Swedish Plains

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Hedvig Goldhahn; [2021]
   Keywords : financialization; family farming; land ownership; tenancy; Uppsala Akademiförvaltning;

   Abstract : In Sweden, the potential deregulation of the land market has been discussed in recent years, motivated by the increasing demand for external capital in agriculture. Corporate entities’ are currently restricted from purchasing farmland by the Swedish Land Acquisition Act. READ MORE

6. 5. ‘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