The Faltering Land Rush and the Limits to Extractive Capitalism in Senegal

Gagné, Marie; Fent, Ashley

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“…Out of this total, the Land Matrix reported that 151,453 hectares (or 11.3%) of these acquisitions were declared as failed. Despite this, the lack of complete data on land transactions in Africa (see [10,20,21]) suggests that this figure of 1 million quoted for Ghana could be grossly understated. It is, therefore, safe to say that presently, well over 1 million hectares of land have been acquired in Ghana by various actors in the land-acquisition space.…”

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The Global Land Rush and Agricultural Investment in Ghana: Existing Knowledge, Gaps, and Future Directions

Anku

Andrews

Cochrane

2022

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The large-scale acquisition of land by investors intensified following the 2007/2008 triple crises of food, energy, and finance. In the years that followed, tens of millions of hectares of land were leased or sold for agricultural investment. This phenomenon has resulted in a growing body of scholarship that seeks to explain trends, institutional regimes, impacts, and the variety of actors involved, among other subtopics, such as impacts on food security and livelihoods. Focusing on the case study of Ghana, this paper presents a review that uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to critically assess the state of large-scale land acquisitions for agricultural development in Ghana. Our objective in this review is to provide an overview of what we know about such acquisitions in Ghana while pointing to gaps and directions for future research. Contrary to the perception of large-scale land acquisitions being undertaken by foreign investors, the review shows there is a significant role of Ghanaian investors. Additionally, we found the negative impact of these acquisitions, specifically biofuel projects, which featured predominantly in the literature captured in this study. In addition, the role of traditional authorities (chiefs) was a central focus of studies dedicated to land acquisitions in Ghana. Areas that are either understudied or missing from the literature include conflicts, climate change, biodiversity, corporate social responsibility, gendered social differentiation, ethnicity, and the role of diaspora. These gaps call for future research that examines the land question from a multidimensional and multidisciplinary perspective.

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The Global Land Rush and Agricultural Investment in Ghana: Existing Knowledge, Gaps, and Future Directions

Anku

Andrews

Cochrane

2022

Land

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“…National states are confronted with their own set of challenges in governing land deals, including the need to reconcile the often contradictory task of furthering capital accumulation while preserving their political legitimacy and maintaining social stability (Chung 2019;Gagné & Fent 2021;Hunsberger et al 2014). As a result, they can play an ambivalent role in producing land deals in limbo.…”

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“…Although mining and other extractive ventures are less susceptible to environmental vagaries and less dependent on labor than are agricultural investments, Fent's article shows that these projects, too, can be subject to delays and obstructions. Agricultural and extractive projects, therefore, may not always provide easy fixes to contemporary capitalist crises (Gagné & Fent 2021).…”

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Understanding Land Deals in Limbo in Africa: A Focus on Actors, Processes, and Relationships

Chung¹,

Gagné²

2021

Afr. Stud. Rev.

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Epilogue of a Short-Lived Land Rush: Private, Rural, and Urban Land Tenure in South Sudan

Wight¹

2021

International Political Economy Series

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The Faltering Land Rush and the Limits to Extractive Capitalism in Senegal

Cited by 5 publications

References 36 publications

The Global Land Rush and Agricultural Investment in Ghana: Existing Knowledge, Gaps, and Future Directions

The Global Land Rush and Agricultural Investment in Ghana: Existing Knowledge, Gaps, and Future Directions

Understanding Land Deals in Limbo in Africa: A Focus on Actors, Processes, and Relationships

Epilogue of a Short-Lived Land Rush: Private, Rural, and Urban Land Tenure in South Sudan

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