CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Amadu, Saada |
|---|---|
| Title | From Land Grabbing to Sustainable Land Investments: Effects of Large-Scale Land Transactions on the Environment and Rural Livelihoods in Ghana |
| Summary | Over the past decade, agribusinesses, government agencies and investment funds have been acquiring large tracts of lands in developing and lower income countries. The increasing need for food to feed a growing population, the need for cleaner sources of energy and private sector expectations of high returns on land and land-based resources have been attributed to these recent land acquisitions. These transactions are expected to have long-term effects on rural livelihoods because almost all rural dwellers are dependent on lands for their livelihoods. Access to and distribution of land rights are of a contentious nature in sub-Saharan Africa including Ghana. Researching the trend of large-scale land acquisitions and their impacts on rural livelihoods is important in the Ghanaian and the sub-Saharan Africa context as a whole. There are heated debates with strong positions taken by those who view these transactions as means of economic development, while others view them as causes of environmental degradation, loss of food sovereignty and rights. |
| Supervisor | Guntra Aistara |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/amadu_saada.pdf |
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