Title:
Confrontation between peasant producers and investors in northern Zambézia, Mozambique, in the context of profit pressures on European investors
Authors:
Norfolk, Simon and Hanlon, Joseph
Place:
Washington, DC
Publisher:
World bank
Year:
cop. 2012
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Subject:
Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
Keywords:
legal aspects, conflict, small farms, development strategies, agricultural development, food security, foreign investments, land rights, mozambique
Abstract:
Foreign agricultural investors are clashing with local peasants in Mozambique in a confrontation over agricultural and development models. One large company withdrew rather than take over land, but two other investors chose to push ahead, and have come into conflict with local peasant communities.
URL:
http://www.landandpoverty.com/agenda/pdfs/paper/norfolk_hanlon_mozambique.pdf
Document type:
Conference proceeding/ paper