The geographic and sectoral patterns of large-scale farmland investments in sub-Saharan Africa

By G. Schoneveld. 2014

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Following the food and energy price crises of the mid 2000s, sub-Saharan Africa has become one of the largest recipients for large-scale farmland investments. While much has been written on the phenomenon, scant reliable empirical evidence is available as to the precise geographic and sectoral patterns and underlying drivers. Employing strict data quality requirements, this paper addresses these knowledge gaps by analyzing 563 farmland projects that have been established between 2005 and 2013 in sub-Saharan Africa. Findings show that the investment intensity and associated risks are not geographically uniform. Moreover, the study highlights a number of popular misconceptions regarding investor origin and their sectoral interests and motives.

Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Pollution, Soil Science

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In General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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Citations in the corpus

Large Farm Establishment, Smallholder Productivity, Labor Market Participation, and Resilience: Evidence from Ethiopia (2016, background): “As both aspects lower the benefits and increase the risks of large production-related investment, studies often find it to lead to ambiguous or even negative effects (German et al. 2013; Schoneveld 2014).”