Title: Agr[ar]ian change below the radar screen : rising farmland acquisitions by domestic investors in west Africa : what are the implications for food production and smallholder farming?

Authors: Hilhorst, Dorothea H.M. and Nelen, Joost and Traoré, Nata

Place: [Washington, DC etc.

Publisher: World bank etc.

Year: 2011]

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: agricultural land, private sector, land acquisition, food security, small farms, west africa

Abstract: A 2010 survey in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger determined the scale of land acquisition by domestic investors in West Africa. Most acquisitions took place after 2000. Most investors are urban. Formal tenure on customary land is difficult. A move to involve smallholders should be encouraged.

URL: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTIE/Resources/475495-1302790806106/CHA2Pres3Hilhorst.pdf

Document type: Other