Amanor, Kojo,

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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Forest conservation--Ghana.

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