Foreign Land Acquisition: Food Security and Food Chains – The Nigerian Experience

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Author(s): Olanrewaju E. Ajiboye (Lagos State University, Nigeria)and Olabisi S. Yusuff (Lagos State University, Nigeria)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 21
Source title: Handbook of Research on In-Country Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Evans Osabuohien (Covenant University, Nigeria & German Development Institute, Germany)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7405-9.ch008

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Economics and Economic Theory / Global Business

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Land grabs, a recent phenomena, have been documented to have effects on the activities of the indigenous farmers. This chapter examines the impact of foreign land acquisitions on food security and food chain in Nigeria. Quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection were adopted. A total number of 250 respondents were included in the quantitative sample, and 20 In-Depth Interviews (IDI) were conducted with opinion leaders. The study found the nexus of interaction between foreign land acquisition, commercialization of agriculture, food security, and food chains in Nigeria. The study recommended that the government should not make the process of land acquisition too cumbersome for interested people or agencies to acquire; the government should make efforts to encourage interested local investors in large-scale farming to allow competition to increase food production as well as to sustain the agricultural sector of the national economy.

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