Browsing Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences by Subject "Displacement"
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Gendered dimensions of land and rural livelihoods: The case of new settler farmer displacement at Nuanetsi Ranch, Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2012)Nuanetsi Ranch had been invaded by villagers from different parts of Mwenezi, Chiredzi and Chivi communal areas since 2000. In February 2010, the government announced that the settlers had to be removed and resettled in ... -
Land grabbing from within: Learning from grazing disputes in Western Kavango, Namibia.
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)In recent years Namibia has received a number of proposals from multinational agricultural corporations to develop large-scale irrigation projects, mainly in the country’s water-rich, north-eastern regions (Odendaal 2011). ... -
Large-scale land acquisitions, displacement and resettlement in Zambia
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)The increase in demand for land can be attributed in part to rising incomes among middle-class Zambians, but also to the Zambian government’s drive to boost economic growth and reduce poverty by attracting foreign ... -
The role of foreign investment in Ethiopia’s smallholder-focused agricultural development strategy
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)Recent foreign agricultural investment in Africa has generated a great deal of interest and criticism, with western media warning of a neo-colonial ‘land grab’. This paper moves beyond this narrow assessment by examining ...