The Right to Self-Rule and Large Scale of Agricultural Investment in Gambella Peoples National Regional State

Keat, Wichduel (2017) The Right to Self-Rule and Large Scale of Agricultural Investment in Gambella Peoples National Regional State. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

This study attempts to examine/asses the right to self-rule and large scale of agriculture investment in Gambella National Regional State western Ethiopia, based on the assessment on the self-rule, socio-economic and environmental effects of large scale agriculture land investment/transfer on local people’s livelihoods. The analysis of this research followed descriptive qualitative research approach. The primary data was collected through key informant interviews, focus group discussions and direct observation by the author. To complement the primary data, secondary data which the researcher found from government legal documents and various published and unpublished sources were used. After analyzing the data collected, the study found that the transfer of large scale agriculture investment on land to domestic and foreign investors have brought no significant social benefits to the local communities, political economic as measured by the level and type of technological transfer, creation of employment opportunities and level of food crop production. However, some Large Scale Agricultural Investment to investors has helped improve infrastructure. The study also found that the investment has negative effects on the self-rule, local small scale farming or economies in terms of loss of crop land, grazing land, grass land, firewood and water resources; these have negatively affected local agrarian economies and animal rearing livelihoods. Moreover, the investments have negative environmental effects on the biodiversity resource as observed by the scale of clearing of the indigenous vegetation cover, damage on wildlife, depletion of water resources, exposed the land to soil erosion and soil degradation. Besides these issues, this study identified the coping strategies pursued by local communities in response to the effects of the transfer of the large scale agriculture of their land and natural resources ownership to the investors. These strategies include changing land use, sharecropping, tenant farming, changing occupation and mobility or migration patterns. Lastly, the research suggests/recommend some ideas for policy makers which emerged from the field study. They include suggestions for the government, investors, stakeholders and civic societies. Key Terms: self-rule, Large Scale of Agriculture Investment (LSAI), Local Community, agribusiness Investment, Socio-economic effects, constitution, Coping Strategy

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Divisions:	Africana
Depositing User:	Kabiru Wallace Ndung'u
Date Deposited:	04 Jul 2019 10:01
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2019 10:01
URI:	http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/9370

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