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1 Cotula, C.; Vermeulen, S.; Leonard, R.; Keeley, J. 2009. Land grab or development opportunity?: agricultural investment and international land deals in Africa. London, UK: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); Rome, Italy: FAO; Rome, Italy: IFAD. 120p. (Land Tenure and Resource Access in Africa)
Land ownership ; Land acquisitions ; Land management / Ethiopia / Ghana / Madagascar / Mali / Mozambique / Sudan / Tanzania
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042248)
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2 Bossio, D.; Erkossa, Teklu; Dile, Y.; McCartney, Matthew; Killiches, F.; Hoff, H. 2012. Water implications of foreign direct investment in Ethiopia’s agricultural sector. Water Alternatives, 5(2):223-242.
Agricultural sector ; Foreign investment ; Water resources ; Water use ; Water requirements ; Water consumption ; Land acquisitions ; Land leases ; Agreements ; River basins / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044916)
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Ethiopia is often highlighted as a country in which a lot of foreign land acquisition is occurring. The extent to which these investments also constitute significant acquisitions of water is the subject of this paper. It is apparent that water availability is a strong driver of the recent surge of investments in agricultural land globally, and in general the investments occur in countries with significant 'untapped' water resources. Ethiopia is no exception. We propose that the perception of unused and abundant water resources, as captured in dominant narratives, that drives and justifies both foreign and domestic investments, fails to reflect the more complex reality on the ground. Based on new collections of lease information and crop modelling, we estimate the potential additional water use associated with foreign investments at various scales. As a consequence of data limitations our analyses provide only crude estimates of consumptive water use and indicate a wide range of possible water consumption depending on exactly how foreign direct investment (FDI) development scenarios unfold. However, they do suggest that if all planned FDI schemes are implemented and expanded in the near future, additional water consumption is likely to be comparable with existing water use in non-FDI irrigation schemes, and a non-trivial proportion of the country’s water resources will be effectively utilised by foreign entities. Hence, additional water use as well as local water scarcity ought to be strong considerations in regulating or pricing land leases. If new investments are to increase local food and water security without compromising local and downstream water availability they should be designed to improve often very low agricultural water productivity, and to safeguard access of local populations to water.
3 Williams, Timothy Olalekan; Gyampoh, Benjamin; Kizito, Fred; Namara, Regassa. 2012. Water implications of large-scale land acquisitions in Ghana. Water Alternatives, 5(2):243-265.
Land ownership ; Land acquisitions ; Land policies ; Property rights ; Biofuels ; Water governance ; Water rights ; Foreign investment ; Sociology ; Ecology ; Institutions ; Corporate culture / Ghana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044917)
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This paper examines the water dimensions of recent large-scale land acquisitions for biofuel production in the Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo and Northern regions of Ghana. Using secondary sources of data complemented by individual and group interviews, the paper reveals an almost universal lack of consideration of the implications of large-scale land deals for crop water requirements, the ecological functions of freshwater ecosystems and water rights of local smallholder farmers and other users. It documents the factors responsible for this apparent oversight including the multiplicity of land and water governance systems, sharp sectoral boundaries between land and water policies, property rights and institutions, outdated statutes, poorly resourced and ineffective regulatory agencies, and unequal power relations in land acquisition deals. The paper shows that due to a lack of an approach that jointly considers land and water management policies and institutions in acceding to large-scale land deals, the benefits derived by local people were insufficient to cover the involuntary permanent loss of their water rights and livelihoods and the risks posed to ecosystem services. Options for establishing alternative institutional arrangements that will allow water availability, use and management as well as social and environmental standards to be factored, ex ante, into large-scale land deals are explored. The paper offers recommendations which can help the government to achieve its stated objective of developing a "policy framework and guidelines for large-scale land acquisitions by both local and foreign investors for biofuels that will protect the interests of investors and the welfare of Ghanaian farmers and landowners".
4 Kizito, Fred; Williams, Timothy Olalekan; McCartney, Matthew; Erkossa, Teklu. 2012. Green and blue water dimensions of foreign direct investment in biofuel and food production in West Africa: the case of Ghana and Mali. In Allan, T.; Keulertz, M.; Sojamo, S.; Warner, J. (Eds.). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa: foreign direct investment and food and water security. London, UK: Routledge. pp.337-358.
Biofuels ; Food production ; Crops ; Foreign investment ; Water availability ; Water requirements ; Water rights ; Ecosystems ; Land acquisitions ; Land use ; Hydrological factors ; Case studies ; Living standards ; Simulation models ; Catchment areas ; Moisture ; Rain ; Supplemental irrigation / West Africa / Ghana / Mali
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ALL Record No: H045553)
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5 Rayfuse, R.; Wiesfelt, N. (Eds.) 2012. The challenge of food security: international policy and regulatory frameworks. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. 299p.
Food security ; Food safety ; Agricultural production ; Farming systems ; Sustainable development ; Water resources ; Water governance ; Water productivity ; Water availability ; Fisheries ; Land acquisitions ; Legal aspects ; Agreements ; Biodiversity ; Biofuels ; Climate change ; Organizations ; Investment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.7 G000 RAY Record No: H045611)
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6 Potts, D. 2012. Land alienation under colonial and white settler governments in southern Africa. In Allan, T.; Keulertz, M.; Sojamo, S.; Warner, J. (Eds.). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa: foreign direct investment and food and water security. London, UK: Routledge. pp.24-42.
Land acquisitions ; Legal aspects ; Legislation ; History ; Farmland ; Agroecology / Southern Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ALL Record No: H045670)
7 Hahn, N. 2012. The experience of land grabbing in Liberia. In Allan, T.; Keulertz, M.; Sojamo, S.; Warner, J. (Eds.). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa: foreign direct investment and food and water security. London, UK: Routledge. pp.71-87.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ALL Record No: H045672)
8 Brautigam, F. 2012. Chinese engagement in African Agriculture. In Allan, T.; Keulertz, M.; Sojamo, S.; Warner, J. (Eds.). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa: foreign direct investment and food and water security. London, UK: Routledge. pp.91-103.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ALL Record No: H045765)
9 Woertz, E. 2012. The global food crisis and the Gulf's quest for Africa's agricultural potential. In Allan, T.; Keulertz, M.; Sojamo, S.; Warner, J. (Eds.). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa: foreign direct investment and food and water security. London, UK: Routledge. pp.104-119.
Food shortages ; Food production ; Agricultural development ; Imports ; Foreign investment ; Land acquisitions / Africa / Sudan / Ethiopia / Gulf Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ALL, e-copy SF Record No: H045673)
10 Carmody, P. 2012. A global enclosure: the geo-logics of Indian agro-investments in Africa. In Allan, T.; Keulertz, M.; Sojamo, S.; Warner, J. (Eds.). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa: foreign direct investment and food and water security. London, UK: Routledge. pp.120-133.
Food security ; Biofuels ; Land acquisitions ; Foreign investment ; Capitalism / Africa / Ethiopia / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ALL Record No: H045674)
11 Campanale, M. 2012. Private investment in agriculture. In Allan, T.; Keulertz, M.; Sojamo, S.; Warner, J. (Eds.). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa: foreign direct investment and food and water security. London, UK: Routledge. pp.134-145.
Private investment ; Institutions ; Agricultural production ; Food security ; Land acquisitions / Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ALL Record No: H045675)
12 Hilhorts, T.; Nelen, J. 2012. Domestic land acquisitions in West Africa: the rush for farmland by urban 'businessmen' In Allan, T.; Keulertz, M.; Sojamo, S.; Warner, J. (Eds.). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa: foreign direct investment and food and water security. London, UK: Routledge. pp.146-159.
Land acquisitions ; Land tenure ; Land policies ; Farmland ; Rainfed farming ; Investment ; Irrigation schemes ; Valleys / West Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ALL Record No: H045676)
13 Riddell, P. 2012. 'Land grabs' and alternative modalities for agricultural investments in emerging markets. In Allan, T.; Keulertz, M.; Sojamo, S.; Warner, J. (Eds.). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa: foreign direct investment and food and water security. London, UK: Routledge. pp.160-177.
Land acquisitions ; Agricultural production ; Investment ; Stakeholders ; Case studies ; Labor ; Landowners / Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ALL Record No: H045677)
14 Baumgartner, P. 2012. Change in trend and new types of large-scale investments in Ethiopia. In Allan, T.; Keulertz, M.; Sojamo, S.; Warner, J. (Eds.). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa: foreign direct investment and food and water security. London, UK: Routledge. pp.178-192.
Agricultural production ; Agricultural land ; Government ; Foreign investment ; Investment policies ; History ; Land acquisitions ; Landowners / Africa / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ALL Record No: H045678)
15 Chu, J. M. 2012. A blue revolution for Zambia?: large-scale irrigation projects and land and water 'grabs' In Allan, T.; Keulertz, M.; Sojamo, S.; Warner, J. (Eds.). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa: foreign direct investment and food and water security. London, UK: Routledge. pp.207-220.
Irrigation projects ; Land acquisitions ; Land rights ; Water resources ; Agricultural development ; Economic growth ; Case studies ; Public-private cooperation / Zambia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ALL Record No: H045680)
16 Warner, J.; Sebastian, A.; Empinotti, V. 2012. Claiming (back) the land: the geopolitics of Egyptian and South African land and water grabs. In Allan, T.; Keulertz, M.; Sojamo, S.; Warner, J. (Eds.). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa: foreign direct investment and food and water security. London, UK: Routledge. pp.223-242.
Land acquisitions ; Water availability ; Virtual water ; Rivers ; Geography ; Political aspects ; Policy ; Case studies ; Foreign investment / Egypt / South Africa / Nile River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ALL Record No: H045681)
17 Keulertz, M. 2012. Land and water grabs and the green economy. In Allan, T.; Keulertz, M.; Sojamo, S.; Warner, J. (Eds.). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa: foreign direct investment and food and water security. London, UK: Routledge. pp.243-256.
Land acquisitions ; Water resources ; Water management ; Economic aspects ; Foreign investment ; Case studies / Sudan / Qatar / Egypt
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ALL Record No: H045682)
18 Zetland, D.; Moller-Gulland, J. 2012. The political economy of land and water grabs. In Allan, T.; Keulertz, M.; Sojamo, S.; Warner, J. (Eds.). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa: foreign direct investment and food and water security. London, UK: Routledge. pp.257-272.
Land acquisitions ; Governance ; Corruption ; Foreign investment ; Water resources ; Water demand ; Water governance ; Economic development ; Indicators ; Property rights / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ALL Record No: H045683)
19 Kesicki, F.; Tomei, J. 2012. Will peak oil cause a rush for land in Africa? In Allan, T.; Keulertz, M.; Sojamo, S.; Warner, J. (Eds.). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa: foreign direct investment and food and water security. London, UK: Routledge. pp.273-285.
Land acquisitions ; Biofuels ; Oils ; Costs ; Investment ; History ; Policy ; European Union / Africa / Brazil
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ALL Record No: H045684)
20 Ismar, J. 2012. How to govern the global rush for land and water. In Allan, T.; Keulertz, M.; Sojamo, S.; Warner, J. (Eds.). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa: foreign direct investment and food and water security. London, UK: Routledge. pp.273-285.
Land acquisitions ; Land rights ; Land tenure ; Water management ; Water rights ; Human rights ; Resource management ; Governance ; Investment ; Agricultural production ; Food security / Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ALL Record No: H045685)
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