Elite land grabbing in Namibian communal areas and its impact on subsistence farmers’ livelihoods

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Title

Elite land grabbing in Namibian communal areas and its impact on subsistence farmers’ livelihoods

Description

Large scale land acquisitions by foreign investors in Africa for agricultural purposes continue to capture attention worldwide. In recent years Namibia has received some proposals from multi-national agricultural corporations to develop large scale irrigation projects, mainly in Namibia’s water rich north-eastern regions However, to date none of these proposed large scale projects have materialised.

Creator

Willem Odendaal

Source

http://www.plaas.org.za/sites/default/files/publications-pdf/PB%2033.pdf

Publisher

Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape

Date

2011

Rights

© Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, 2011

Format

PDF

Language

English

Files

http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/096a9f0bd616e6d8236b4a1b47b6884a.pdf

Citation

Willem Odendaal, “Elite land grabbing in Namibian communal areas and its impact on subsistence farmers’ livelihoods,” Namibia Digital Repository, accessed March 28, 2024, https://namibiadigitalrepository.com/items/show/419.

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