Land Grabbing for Biofuel Production: Implication on Small Scale Farmers Livelihood and Food Sovereignty in Ghana – Martha Amoako
Martha Amoako
Master's thesis
Land Grabbing for Biofuel Production: Implication on Small Scale Farmers Livelihood and Food Sovereignty in Ghana
Abstract:
Biofuel production drives land acquisition in Africa. This issue has come under the spotlight recently. Ghana is a case in point. Large-scale of lands are mostly taken by multinational companies and individual investors for biofuel production. Foreign companies have acquired a total of 769,000 hectares of land. These companies mostly from the developed countries such as Galten Global Alternative Energy …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 24. 4. 2017
Thesis defence
- Supervisor: Ing. Vratislava Janovská, Ph.D.
- Reader: Adéla Stanislavová, Ing.
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AMOAKO, Martha. \textit{Land Grabbing for Biofuel Production: Implication on Small Scale Farmers Livelihood and Food Sovereignty in Ghana}. Online. Master's thesis. Praha: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences. 2017. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/2430td/.
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Landscape Engineering / Land and Water Management
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