NUMBER 4, 2011 African soil for sale: Large-scale land acquisitions

At first glance it seems quite easy to take a stand at large-scale land acquisition, or “land grab” for short: either you are for it or you are against it. Looking deeper into the matter, however, you realise that it is a complex business that needs to be critically analysed and explored.
This issue of New Routes reflects on the topic from different viewpoints, and I am proud to present Dr Michael Ståhl as guest editor. His lifelong inter-disciplinary experience of rural development in Africa includes various posts at universities and in the Swedish development cooperation programmes. He has held managerial positions at SAREC and Sida. During the period 2002 – 2010 he was Director of the International Foundation for Science.


Why focus on land grabbing? Michael Ståhl

Large-scale flower production in oromia: From independent farmers to low-wage hired workers Girma Gebresenbet

Uganda Land disputes in the wake of civil war Anders Sjögren

Post-war south sudan: Reconciling the ‘global land grab’ with community land ownership David K. Deng

Eastern drc: Local efforts to solve land and identity conflicts
Life & Peace Institute, Bukavu, DRC

Sierra Leone: Large-scale investments develop hidden potentials Reinier Bulstra

Bioenergy Crops: A matter of choice with far-reaching consequences Isabella Soi and Juan Manuel Gonzalez Benitez

Biofuels: Solving the energy crisis or increasing food shortage? Judi Wakhungu, Ben Muok and Patricia Bunyasi

Ethiopia: Foreign capital taking over “abundant land” Dessalegn Rahmato

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Publicerad: 2011-12-21

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