Global Restructuring and Land Rights in Ghana: Forest Food Chains, Timber, and Rural LivelihoodsThe report highlights the long history of commodification of land and labour in Ghana, linked to speculative activities and more recently to the activities of international capital, agribusiness, international agricultural centres, and agencies of the state. It makes the case for a new land, agrarian and natural resource regime that prioritises domestic economic needs to provide security of livelihood to the generality of the people. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 7 |
Defining the scope and methodology of the study | 21 |
Structural adjustment and agricultural modernisation | 38 |
land in the postcolonial setting | 57 |
Adjusting to new land pressures and commoditisation in Akyem 84 888 | 84 |
Cropping systems | 92 |
The Kwae Project and social differentiation | 101 |
Land and timber in the forestry sector | 120 |
Cool reflections at dawn | 130 |
Community state and customary tenure | 137 |
Towards a new perspective | 144 |
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