Global resource grabs, agribusiness concentration and the smallholder: Two West African case studies

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 731-749

  Amanor, Kojo Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

agribusiness; concentration; dispossession; Land grab; property rights

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGROINDUSTRY; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); LAND MARKET; NEOLIBERALISM; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLICY; SMALLHOLDER;

COTE D'IVOIRE; GHANA;

ANANAS COMOSUS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84861898914     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2012.676543     Document Type: Article

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