Large private agricultural projects and job creation: From discourse to reality. Case study in Sella Limba, Sierra Leone
| Autor: | Hubert Cochet, Augustin Palliere |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Pôle de recherche pour l'organisation et la diffusion de l'information géographique (PRODIG (UMR_8586 / UMR_D_215 / UM_115)), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-AgroParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-AgroParisTech-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Economic growth
Opportunity cost [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] 050204 development studies Industrial production Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies Developing country Job creation 02 engineering and technology Management Monitoring Policy and Law Sierra Leone Sierra leone Unit (housing) 0502 economics and business Agricultural policy Agricultural productivity Nature and Landscape Conservation business.industry 05 social sciences 1. No poverty [SDV.SA.AEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Agriculture economy and politics 021107 urban & regional planning Forestry Agriculture Agricultural project 8. Economic growth Agrobusiness Business Sella Limba |
| Zdroj: | Land Use Policy Land Use Policy, Elsevier, 2018, 76, pp.422-431. ⟨10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.02.017⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0264-8377 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.02.017 |
| Popis: | International audience; Large private agricultural projects are described by their promoters as “win-win” partnerships: investments supposedly make it possible to increase agricultural productivity in developing countries, and to create thousands of jobs in the industry. These arguments, which are used in Sierra Leone where the priority of the agricultural policy is to attract foreign capitals, rely on the conviction that lands occupied by large private agricultural projects are “under-farmed” or even “unused” and that, therefore, their opportunity cost is nil. However, where family farms are well-established, the differential between the jobs created and those destroyed must be examined carefully. This is what we propose to do in this article, by examining the case of an ethanol and electricity production unit relying on an industrial sugar cane plantation of more than 12 500 ha, in the centre of the country. By analysing family farming in a control region close to that of the project, we show that family farming supplanted by the project would enable more farm labourers to make a living than the number of jobs potentially created by the industrial production unit. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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