The rush for land in Africa: Resource grabbing or green revolution?

The article details features and implications of the global land rush, with particular focus on Africa. Data and analyses of the 'Land Matrix' project help to provide an overview of these land-based investments, while locally implemented case studies in the framework of the 'Commercia...

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Published in:The South African journal of international affairs 2013-01, Vol.20 (1), p.159-177
Main Author: Anseeuw, Ward
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquisitions
Africa
agrarian change
Agricultural sector
agriculture
Dynamics
Geography
green revolution
Humanities and Social Sciences
Investment
Land
large-scale land investments
Matrices
Revolution
Revolutions
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Summary:The article details features and implications of the global land rush, with particular focus on Africa. Data and analyses of the 'Land Matrix' project help to provide an overview of these land-based investments, while locally implemented case studies in the framework of the 'Commercial Pressures on Land' project facilitate the assessment of implications related (or not) to the question of Africa's green revolution. By emphasising the need to go beyond the land acquisition phenomenon and its direct consequences, it re-contextualises the rush for land and relates it to broader dynamics of agrarian transformation in Africa. While the present rush for land may represent a revitalisation of Africa's agricultural sector, it is doubtful that this revolution benefits the continent overall.
ISSN:1022-0461
1938-0275
DOI:10.1080/10220461.2013.780326