New investment, old challenges. Land deals and the water constraint in African agriculture

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 777-794

  Woodhouse, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; agriculture; foreign land acquisition; water rights

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CAPITAL MARKET; CONTRACT FARMING; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL MARKET; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND USE; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; WATER USE;

AFRICA;

EID: 84861878177     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2012.660481     Document Type: Article

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