The Scramble for Agricultural Land in Senegal: Land Privatisation and Inclusion?

Abdourahmane Ndiaye ()
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Abdourahmane Ndiaye: Bordeaux Montaigne University

A chapter in Reclaiming Africa, 2019, pp 143-162 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this chapter is to examine whether land grabbing, as a set of principles and a system of actors, has the capacity to act as a lever for development. The first objective is to highlight and discuss the foundations and challenges of the land issue. Second, taking as a starting point the contradictions linked to the plurality of legal systems governing land and the conflicts they generate, this chapter questions the role of public policies and land policies in the agricultural land rush in Senegal. Third, a political economy of land grabbing/acquisition in Senegal is presented. This makes it possible to identify stakeholders, estimate land use between 2006 and 2010, draw up a typology of investment projects and provisionally assess their initial impacts on economic, social and environmental development in Senegal.

Keywords: Land grabbing; Senegal; Agriculture; Land reform; Institutional reform; Inclusion; Exclusion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-5840-0_7

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