dc.contributor.author | Taylor, Alanna | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-13T18:24:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-08-13T18:24:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/59997 | |
dc.description.abstract | The surge in large-scale land acquisitions – or ‘land grabs’ – following the financial crisis has provoked a polarised debate centred on the role of foreign investment in African agriculture. A critical and often overlooked, component of this debate is the role of water. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in 2013, this thesis explores a large-scale sugar project slated to begin in Tanzania in order to understand the likely implications of large-scale land acquisitions on water security. Although the original project bore all of the hallmarks of a ‘land grab’, a change in ownership saw the project reinvented and rebranded as a model for sustainable agriculture. Using a critical lens that transcends simplistic understandings of water security as water availability, this thesis provides some insights on how large-scale agricultural projects approach water management and what this may mean for water security in Tanzania. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Large-scale land acquisition | en_US |
dc.subject | Water security | en_US |
dc.title | LARGE-SCALE LAND ACQUISITIONS IN TANZANIA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THEIR IMPLICATIONS ON WATER SECURITY | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2015-08-04 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of International Development Studies | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Arts | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Dr. Kate Ervine | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Dr. Theresa Ulicki | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Kate Sherren | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Matthew Schnurr | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Received | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |