Title: Experiences of plantation and large-scale farming in 20th century Africa

Authors: Gibbon, Peter

Place: Copenhagen

Publisher: Danish institute for international studies (DIIS)

Year: 2011

Journal: DIIS working paper

Volume: 2011:20

PAGE: --

Subject: Value Chains for Development

Keywords: agribusiness, agricultural policy, agricultural development, africa

Abstract: The paper deals with the varieties of large-scale farming systems that emerged and became stabilized in the twentieth century, the systems of labour control that were bound up with them, and the theories and arguments that policy makers used to justify or oppose large-scale agriculture.

URL: http://www.diis.dk/graphics/Publications/WP2011/DIIS%20WP2011-20_Experiences%20of%20Plantation_web.pdf

Document type: Portal