Interplay of land governance and large-scale agricultural investment: evidence from Ghana and Kenya

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

This comparative analysis examines how large-scale agricultural land acquisitions are implemented in Ghana and Kenya, using embedded case studies of two specific investment projects. We find that insufficiencies in these countries' land governance systems are partly caused by discrepancies between de jure and de facto procedures and that powerful actors tend to operate in the legal grey areas. These actors determine the implementation of projects to a large extent. Displacement and compensation are highly emotive issues that exacerbate tensions around the investment. We also find that large-scale land acquisitions have a feedback effect on the land governance system, which suggests that large-scale land acquisitions can be drivers of institutional change. We suggest there may be a window of opportunity here to reform these land governance systems.

Object Details

• ISSN: 1469-7777
• Extent: Seite(n): 69-92
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: The Journal of Modern African Studies, 53(1)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Politikwissenschaft ; Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Entwicklungsländersoziologie, Entwicklungssoziologie ; spezielle Ressortpolitik ; Ghana ; Kenia ; Landnutzung ; Landwirtschaft ; Bodenpolitik ; Vertreibung ; Umsiedlung ; Entschädigung ; Entwicklungsland ; Auslandsinvestition ; Boden ; Governance ; anglophones Afrika ; Westafrika ; Ostafrika

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Nolte, Kerstin ; Väth, Susanne Johanna
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Vereinigtes Königreich
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X14000688
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-428691
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST