Agro-industrial plantations in Central Africa, risks and opportunities
Large-scale land-based investments in Central Africa are not new, and the first decade of the twenty-first century saw renewed interest in agriculture by foreign investors. The new rush for farm land has involved new multi-national holdings in the region and sometimes in the sector. This paper analyses the recent wave of investments in farm land, and discusses their specificity, the ways the host countries deal with investors, and the impacts of these large-scale projects on livelihoods and on forest cover. It focuses on the four countries that host most of the natural forests in the Congo Basin: Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of Congo. The analysis was based on a historical review of the scientific literature and of media reports. Results are based on the assessment of large-scale land acquisitions for agricultural expansion and on field surveys conducted in 2012 and 2013, during which key stakeholders were interviewed in the four countries.
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dig-cirad-fr-5733532024-01-28T22:02:37Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/573353/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/573353/ Agro-industrial plantations in Central Africa, risks and opportunities. Feintrenie Laurène. 2014. Biodiversity and Conservation, 23 (6) : 1577-1589.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0687-5 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0687-5> Agro-industrial plantations in Central Africa, risks and opportunities Feintrenie, Laurène eng 2014 Biodiversity and Conservation E13 - Investissements, financement et crédit E11 - Économie et politique foncières E10 - Économie et politique agricoles P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales K70 - Dégâts causés aux forêts et leur protection investissement étranger terre agricole plantations enquête développement agricole secteur agroindustriel déboisement gestion des ressources forêt tropicale http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3043 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2808 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5990 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7537 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_199 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_208 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15590 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6524 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24904 Cameroun Gabon République démocratique du Congo Congo Afrique centrale http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1229 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3161 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8500 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1811 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1432 Large-scale land-based investments in Central Africa are not new, and the first decade of the twenty-first century saw renewed interest in agriculture by foreign investors. The new rush for farm land has involved new multi-national holdings in the region and sometimes in the sector. This paper analyses the recent wave of investments in farm land, and discusses their specificity, the ways the host countries deal with investors, and the impacts of these large-scale projects on livelihoods and on forest cover. It focuses on the four countries that host most of the natural forests in the Congo Basin: Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of Congo. The analysis was based on a historical review of the scientific literature and of media reports. Results are based on the assessment of large-scale land acquisitions for agricultural expansion and on field surveys conducted in 2012 and 2013, during which key stakeholders were interviewed in the four countries. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/573353/1/document_573353.pdf application/pdf Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0687-5 10.1007/s10531-014-0687-5 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s10531-014-0687-5 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0687-5 |
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Large-scale land-based investments in Central Africa are not new, and the first decade of the twenty-first century saw renewed interest in agriculture by foreign investors. The new rush for farm land has involved new multi-national holdings in the region and sometimes in the sector. This paper analyses the recent wave of investments in farm land, and discusses their specificity, the ways the host countries deal with investors, and the impacts of these large-scale projects on livelihoods and on forest cover. It focuses on the four countries that host most of the natural forests in the Congo Basin: Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of Congo. The analysis was based on a historical review of the scientific literature and of media reports. Results are based on the assessment of large-scale land acquisitions for agricultural expansion and on field surveys conducted in 2012 and 2013, during which key stakeholders were interviewed in the four countries. |
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Agro-industrial plantations in Central Africa, risks and opportunities |
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Agro-industrial plantations in Central Africa, risks and opportunities |
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Agro-industrial plantations in Central Africa, risks and opportunities |
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Agro-industrial plantations in Central Africa, risks and opportunities |
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Agro-industrial plantations in Central Africa, risks and opportunities |
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