European Investors and Land Acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Authors: Krukowska M.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article examines the European share in large-scale land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper aims to identify correlation between biofuels policy and large-scale land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa and the consequences of this phenomenon. It first identifies the backgrounds that caused the increased interest in biofuel production and, consequently, African land acquisition in recent years. Then, it examines growth in the number of land transactions that take place on the continent. Finally, the paper investigates the share of European capital in land transactions. The last section outlines the consequences of this phenomenon and provides a set of recommendations to address land policies in African developing countries.

• Publisher: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 13[28]
• Issue: 4
• Physical description: p.94-104,fig.,ref.

Contributors

author

Krukowska M.

• Department of Political Studies, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland

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