Large-scale land acquisitions in Ethiopia: implications for agricultural transformation and livelihood security

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Title:	Large-scale land acquisitions in Ethiopia: implications for agricultural transformation and livelihood security
Authors:	Shete, Maru Rutten, Marcel
Book title:	Africa's land rush: rural livelihoods and agrarian change
Year:	2015
Pages:	65-82
Language:	English
Geographic terms:	Ethiopia India
Subjects:	land acquisition foreign enterprises foreign investments agricultural development
Abstract:	Land, the state and politics are intimately interlinked in the political economy of Ethiopia and land has been central to the political debates between the ruling government and opposition political parties. The country has received a lot of media attention and criticism for the rush to transfer huge tracts of farmland to foreign and domestic capital. This chapter explores the unfolding of two major land deals, both investments by the Indian company Karuturi Agro Products plc. Karuturi Agro Products plc is the Ethiopian operating name of the Bangalore-based cut-flower company owned by Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi. It operates in two Ethiopian states, Oromia and Gambela, and one case study from each is presented. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract]