Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Recent large-scale land acquisitions in Africa have attracted much media…
Recent large-scale land acquisitions in Africa have attracted much media and academic commentary. Critically evaluate the similarities and differences between these “land grabs” and those that took place under colonialism.
introduction
background
Vast swathes of land are being acquisitioned by companies in response to issues of food security, bio-fuels and in search of minerals & natural resources.
2.6m ha in South Sudan, 2.5m in Mali and Ethiopia - Madagascar have had requests for >50% of their cultivable land.
long-history of land-tenure issues in Africa, dating back to colonial times (KIng Leopold).
issues
pros: investment, job creation & development on previously un-cultivated land. = win-win whilst simultaneously addressing issues of food security and climate change.
cons: issues of land-ownership, not leading to development, ameliorating issues of food security. Form of neo-colonialism. (neo-colonialism or development opportunity?)
In order to avoid some of the rhetoric and bias associated with land-grabbing I will focus on Tanzania, to best understand developments on a local level.
-
-
-
-