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Bureaucrats, investors and smallholders: contesting land rights and agro-commercialisation in the Southern agricultural growth corridor of Tanzania
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
Since the triple crises of food, fuel and finance of 2007/8, investments in agricultural growth corridors have taken centrestage in government, donor and private sector initiatives. This article examines the politics of ...
Community land formalization and company land acquisition procedures: A review of 33 procedures in 15 countries
(Elsevier, 2020)
Indigenous and community lands, crucial for rural livelihoods, are typically held under informal customary tenure arrangements. This can leave the land vulnerable to outside commercial interests, so communities may seek ...
Tanzanian food producers, vendors and traders need direct relief measures in the face of the Covid-19
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2021)
Key messages
• Tanzania’s responses to Covid-19 pandemic have
shifted over time. An initial ambiguous position refrained
from imposing hard lockdown restrictions measures and
focused on local remedies. In the second ...
Smallholder views on Chinese agricultural investments in Mozambique and Tanzania in the context of VGGTS
(MDPI, 2023)
Based on a case study in each country, this study documents the views of Mozambican and
Tanzanian smallholders regarding Chinese agricultural investments and the extent to which investors
abide by their legitimate land ...
The voices of women and smallholder farmers in Mozambique’s Beira and Nacala corridors
(UWC PLAAS, 2023)
Over the past two decades, the Beira
and Nacala agricultural corridors have attracted capital investment and technology transfer. However, the flow of both has been unpredictable as they depend on the intervention of ...
The voices of women and smallholder farmers in Kenya’s Lamu Corridor
(UWC PLAAS, 2023)
The Lamu Corridor Project in Kenya promises to develop infrastructure to connect a vast area covering Northern Kenya, South Sudan, and Southern Ethiopia with global markets. Driven mainly by oil and mineral transport ...
The voices of women and smallholder farmers in Angola’s Lobito Corridor
(UWC PLAAS, 2023)
The development of the Benguela railway in the Lobito Development Corridor links Angola’s
interior with its coastal port of Luanda.
This corridor has boosted the mobility of the poor, as well as professionals –teachers, ...
Agricultural investment corridors in Africa: Making the voices of women and smallholder farmers count
(UWC PLAAS, 2023)
Development corridors can improve livelihood opportunities for people living in far-flung areas – but only if they focus on smallholder farming, pastoralism, fishing, and infrastructure for small-scale trade. Land rights ...
The voices of smallholders and women in Tanzania’s agricultural corridor
(UWC PLAAS, 2023)
The Tanzanian government created the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) with the vision of modernising and commercialising agriculture in Tanzania and thereby bringing about a ‘green revolution’.
However, ...