Tanzania's Land Rush

Impacts of the Farmland Investment Game

Joanny Bélair (Utrecht University, Netherlands)

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English

Zed Books Ltd
30 May 2024

Development economics; Agriculture & farming

After the global financial crisis of 2008, a new trend in foreign direct investments (FDI) emerged: investors’ rising interest in farmland in developing nations. This 'land rush' was a marker of increased land commodification and agricultural financialization, but has also been associated with global narratives of agricultural modernization, and development through FDI of 'cheap, unproductive and/or idle' farmland.

Yet, as this book demonstrates, global investment dynamics are dictated by complex economic, political, socio-historical

dynamics in any host country. Focusing on the land rush in Tanzania, the contexts of six investment projects in the nation are examined and unpacked, helping to understand the ways in which political struggles over land, capital and authority all feed into determining the goals - and eventually the outcomes - of the 'farmland investment game'.

By: Joanny Bélair (Utrecht University Netherlands)
Imprint: Zed Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350273931
ISBN 10: 1350273937
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 30 May 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Case selection and research method Chapter 3. In brief, the legacies of historical land management in Tanzania and the potency of factional struggles within the CCM Chapter 4. The national political arena Chapter 5. Rufiji district, a local political arena Chapter 6. Missenyi district, a local political arena Chapter 7. Village politics, or a micro political arena Chapter 8. Conclusion References

JOANNY BE´LAIR is currently working as a postdoctoral fellowship in scientific diplomacy for the Bureau du Québec à Rabat, Morocco. She previously hold a postdoctoral fellowship at the Faculty of Geoscience, Utrecht University, Netherlands, and worked closely with LandAc, the Netherlands Land Academy. She completed her PhD in political science at the University of Ottawa, Canada in 2019.

Reviews for Tanzania's Land Rush: Impacts of the Farmland Investment Game

This book arguably presents the most compelling understanding of farmland investments in the most remote, less studied, and fertile lands of Tanzania. Its first theoretical and methodological chapters are of great use to researchers and students in many fields. A must-read book for political economy students and practitioners alike. * Emmanuel Sulle, University of the Western Cape, South Africa *