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dc.contributor.author | Teklemariam, Dereje | - |
dc.contributor.author | AZADI, Hossein | - |
dc.contributor.author | Nyssen, Jan | - |
dc.contributor.author | Haile, Mitiku | - |
dc.contributor.author | WITLOX, Frank | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-04T07:45:55Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-07-04T07:45:55Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | SUSTAINABILITY, 8 (3) | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2071-1050 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/21627 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Due to the nature of available land as one of the main attractions for investment, land lease marketing in Sub-Saharan Africa is appearing on policy agenda. This paper describes critical land-related institutional and governmental frameworks that have shaped the contemporary land governance and land lease contracts in Ethiopia. It also examines the effectiveness of the land lease process regarding economic, social, and environmental expectations from agricultural outsourcing. Both qualitative and quantitative data analyses were used and results showed that the size of the land cultivated by investors is significantly lower than the agreed-upon size in the contract. Besides, the supply of land to large-scale commercial investors in Ethiopia is made without adequate land use planning, land valuation, and risk analysis. Furthermore, limitations in monitoring systems have contributed to meager socio-economic gains and led to deforestation. Accordingly, the study concludes that supplying vast tracts of farmland to large-scale agricultural investors requires integrated land use planning, land valuation and governance, monitoring systems, and a capacity to implement the various social and environmental laws in coordination with other sectors. Improving rural infrastructure, particularly road, is also indispensable to enhance the level of performance of commercial farms. Last but most importantly, the customary land holding rights of residents should be respected and institutionally recognized. | - |
dc.description.sponsorship | The first author is a beneficiary of a doctoral research grant from Ghent University's Special Research Fund (BOF). Many thanks to the International Foundation for Science (IFS), Mekelle University, Ministry of Agriculture of Ethiopia, and Ethiopian Investment Authority, the different offices of the Benishangul-Gumuz region, Guba and Dangure district administrations for their assistance and collaboration during the field work for supporting the intensive field work we conducted particularly related to company surveys. We would like to express our appreciation for the help and cooperation we received from translators, local inhabitants, and key informants during the field survey. The authors wish to thank Mr. Biadgilgn Demissie, PhD student from the Department of Geography, Gent University, for the initial technical support in relation to study area mapping and Ms. Bethany Gardner from the Department of Linguistics, the State University of New York at Binghamton, for her kind help in improving the English of this text. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | MDPI AG | - |
dc.subject.other | land grabbing; sustainable agriculture; food security; sustainable development; land lease | - |
dc.subject.other | food security; sustainable development; sustainable agriculture; land grabbing; land lease | - |
dc.title | How Sustainable Is Transnational Farmland Acquisition in Ethiopia? Lessons Learned from the Benishangul-Gumuz Region | - |
dc.type | Journal Contribution | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 8 | - |
local.format.pages | 27 | - |
local.format.pages | 27 | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.jcat | A1 | - |
dc.description.notes | [Teklemariam, Dereje; Azadi, Hossein; Nyssen, Jan; Witlox, Frank] Univ Ghent, Dept Geog, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. [Teklemariam, Dereje] Mekelle Univ, Dept Management, POB 451, Mekelle, Ethiopia. [Azadi, Hossein] Hasselt Univ, Ctr Environm Sci, Agoralaan Bldg D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. [Azadi, Hossein] Univ Liege, Gembloux Agrobio Tech, Econ & Rural Dev, B-4000 Liege, Belgium. [Haile, Mitiku] Mekelle Univ, Dept Land Resources Management & Environm Protect, POB 231, Mekelle, Ethiopia. | - |
local.publisher.place | BASEL | - |
local.type.refereed | Refereed | - |
local.type.specified | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/su8030213 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | 000373800600062 | - |
item.validation | ecoom 2017 | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.accessRights | Restricted Access | - |
item.fullcitation | Teklemariam, Dereje; AZADI, Hossein; Nyssen, Jan; Haile, Mitiku & WITLOX, Frank (2016) How Sustainable Is Transnational Farmland Acquisition in Ethiopia? Lessons Learned from the Benishangul-Gumuz Region. In: SUSTAINABILITY, 8 (3). | - |
item.contributor | Teklemariam, Dereje | - |
item.contributor | AZADI, Hossein | - |
item.contributor | Nyssen, Jan | - |
item.contributor | Haile, Mitiku | - |
item.contributor | WITLOX, Frank | - |
crisitem.journal.eissn | 2071-1050 | - |
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