Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Land Leases in the Horn of Africa

Chatham House in London has added to the growing body of literature on land leasing, referred to by some as "land-grabbing" in the Horn of Africa. Jason Mosley authored a study titled Peace, Bread and Land: Agricultural Investments in Ethiopia and the Sudans dated January 2012.

The report concludes that those who suggest governments are the unwitting victims of "land-grabbing" is a misleading oversimplification. Although accurate information on many of these deals is extremely limited, the governments know what they are up to.