Understanding land acquisitions in Namibia’s communal land: Impacts and policy implications
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Date
2015
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Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Large-scale land acquisitions by both foreign and local investors
for agriculture, forestry and wildlife purposes, among others,
remain a major challenge for African governments. Between
2000 and 2011, the Namibian government, through various
ministries, received proposals from multinational agribusinesses
to develop large-scale agricultural irrigation projects (Odendaal,
2011). While only a few of these proposed large-scale projects
have materialised, the magnitude of their impacts on rural
communities are significant and require urgent measures.
This policy brief investigates these acquisitions in Namibia’s
communal land. The purpose is to determine the impacts of
such deals on communities, whether legal requirements were met
before acquiring land for such deals, and whether community
members can protect their land rights or oppose such deals. It
identifies all the role players and captures the experiences and
perceptions of affected and concerned community members
towards such undertakings.
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Land acquisitions, Communal land, Namibia’s, Agriculture, African governments
Citation
Muduva, T. (2015). Understanding land acquisitions in Namibia’s communal land: Impacts and policy implications. Policy Brief 39, Bellville: Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape