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    Creating a Zambian Breadbasket: ' Land Grabs' and Foreign Investments in Agriculture in Mkushi District, Zambia

    "It is said that Zambia contains over 40 percent of Southern Africa’s water resources, with much of its irrigation potential unrealized. Yet, it remains to be seen if Zambia holds true as an ideal place for agricultural investments and if such co...

    Jessica M. Chu

    • Land Grabs
    • Food Security
    • Commercial Farming
    • Agricultural Development
    • Investments, Foreign
    • Agricultural resources
    • Economic development
    27 pages

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    'Friendship' Rice, Business of 'Land-Grabbing'? The Hubei-Gaza Rice project in Xai-Xai

    "This paper examines a land deal in a state‐run irrigation scheme in Southern Mozambique to develop agriculture through technology transfers, in the context of Sino‐Mozambican bilateral relations. The project has developed in two distinct phases s...

    Ana Sofia Ganho

    • Land Grabs
    • Xai-Xai Rice Project
    • Technology Transfer
    • Agrarian Transformation
    • Investments, Foreign
    • Agricultural resources
    • Shared water resources
    34 pages

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    Land for Agricultural Development in the Era of 'Land Grabbing': A Spatial Exploration of the 'Marginal Lands' Narrative in Contemporary Ethiopia

    "In response to concerns over the potential of land leases for new agricultural projects to displace rural populations and impact food security, the Ethiopian government asserts that only ‘marginal’, ‘barren’ or ‘wasteland’ is being leased to inve...

    Rachel A. Nalepa

    • Land Grabs
    • Marginal Lands
    • Agricultural Development
    • Land use--Economic aspects
    • Agricultural resources
    29 pages

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    An Investigation of the Political Economy of Land Grabs in Malawi: The Case of Kasinthula Cane Growers Limited (KCGL)

    "This study aims to understand the nature of land grabs in Malawi and their implications on food security. It employs a political economy theoretical framework in the quest to establish different underlying interests held by different actors and h...

    Michael Chasukwa

    • Land Grabs
    • Food Security
    • Contract Farming
    • Land use--Economic aspects
    • Agricultural resources
    27 pages

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