AFRICA’S CHANGING FARMLAND OWNERSHIP: THE RISE OF THE EMERGENT INVESTOR FARMER

Thomas Jayne (), Jordan Chamberlin (), Nicholas Sitko, Milu Muyanga, Felix K. Yeboah, Chewe Nkonde, Ward Aneeuw, Lulama Traub, Antony Chapoto and Richard Kachule

No 259048, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Papers from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP)

Abstract: Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing major changes in farm land ownership and use, which are both cause and consequence of the economic transformations that the region is now experiencing. The rapid rise of emergent investor farms in the 5 to 100 hectare category represents a revolutionary change in Africa’s farm structure since 2000. In most countries examined, the majority of medium-scale farms are owned by urban-based professionals or rural elites, many of whom are also public sector employees.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46
Date: 2016-02-02
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Working Paper: Africa's Changing Farmland Ownership: The Rise of the Emergent Investor Farmer (2015)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.259048

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