Africa: Will Land Grab Help Africa?  · Global Voices
Ndesanjo Macha

Ken argues that the latest land grab in Africa might help the continent: “This latest land grab on the continent maybe the catalyst of an African green revolution. Most African governments gave up on non cash-crop agriculture in the 1970s. Some, like Nigeria, abandoned agriculture wholesale and quickly became a net exporter of agricultural goods. Bad policy (see Bates) and non-agricultural resources (mostly oil and metals) were to blame.”