POLS 2080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Food Security, Elaeis, Sub-Saharan Africa
27 Nov 2015
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This research is situated in the literature on transnational large-scale land acquisitions and their impacts on food security, livelihoods and rural development. Some think that lsla (large scale land acquisitions) are detrimental for development. Some believe that lsla are beneficial for development. If you"re making profits the state benefits through taxes. Its better to look at older cases, to see if these ideas have gone through. Very good for a case because its attracted investors. Also has a long history of smallholder agriculture (make living off agriculture sector) and the large-scale farming as well. After ww1, cameroon was divided between france and england (its one of the only countries that"s still french and english speaking) Third best gdp in west africa (not too bad, but it faces a lot of dev challenges) Hdi says cameroon has a low human development index. 70% of people make living in agriculture sector.
