'Control Grabbing' and small-scale agricultural intensification: Emerging patterns of state-facilitated 'agricultural investment' in Rwanda

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 365-384

  Huggins, Christopher David ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

agricultural reform; global land grab; green revolution; political economy; Rwanda; state coercion; state led development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL REFORM; FARMING SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; GREEN REVOLUTION; INVESTMENT; LABOR MARKET; LAND MARKET; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; SMALLHOLDER; STATE LED DEVELOPMENT;

RWANDA;

EID: 84901694724     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2014.910765     Document Type: Article

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