Can large-scale land acquisition deals improve livelihoods and lift people out of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa?
The recent wave of large-scale land acquisitions or land deals, popularly called ‘land grabbing’ in subSaharan Africa, has provoked vigorous debate over the potential benefits and risks to local people, with results structured by complex policy and institutional context. Land deals present new deve...
Main Author: | Ernest Nkansah-Dwamena |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
2021-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development |
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Online Access: | https://foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/980 |
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