Global restructuring and land rights in Ghana : forest food chains, timber, and rural livelihoods /
Kojo Sebastian Amanor.
- Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, c1999.
- 154 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
"A report from the research programme: The Political and Social Context of Structural Adjustment in Africa"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-154).
1. The modern agrifood system, the World Bank and the post-colonial state The globalisation of the modern agrifood system The modern agrifood system in Ghana Structural adjustment and agricultural modernisation 2. The state, tradition, capital and the land Codifying land law Post-war restructuring: land in the post-colonial setting Globalisation and structural adjustment Land relations in the forestry sector Periodising the land question 3. Adjusting to new land pressures and commoditisation in Akyem The Akyem area Land and agriculture in Akyem Cropping systems The oil palm sector and agribusiness The Kwae Project and social differentiation Land and timber in the forestry sector Cool reflections at dawn 4. Epilogue on the land question Community, state and customary tenure Commodification of lineage land and social stratification Export-oriented growth, international agriculture and the land question Towards a new perspective
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Land use, Rural--Ghana. Land tenure--Ghana. Forest conservation--Ghana.