The study “No Clear Grounds” documents the impact that investments have on the food security of Zambian smallhold farmers, when customary land is transformed to state/titled land. It finds that the liberalisation of land seems neither to have contributed to, nor decreased food security for smallhold farmers. Poverty remains widespread, especially amongst smallholder farmers on customary land, and the vast majority of Zambians live in poverty, mainly due to the lack of pro-poor agricultural policies. We believe the report is an important contribution to the global debate about the pros and cons of land investments and privatization, ‘land grabbing’, and about the possible merits of individual vs. collective ownership of land. danchurchaid.org/content/download/134803/1865859/version/1/file/NO+CLEAR+GROUNDS+-+Impact+of+land+privatization+on+food+security+in+Zambia+-+DCA%2C+March+2014.pdf
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 09:21:29 +0000
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