This article explores how irrigation management transfer policies were implemented in Mali,
Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. In Mali and Mozambique, where the irrigation …

This article introduces a special issue that is dedicated to a critical inquiry of the
deagrarianisation and depeasantisation theses. It sets the scene for the contributions that …

The impact of commercial farms on smallholders in developing countries remains highly
controversial. This study draws on four periods of investments in commercial farming in …

In the wake of the 2008 triple crisis (finance, food, environment), large-scale land
investments raised concerns about their negative impacts on local populations. To counter …

This article contributes to the contemporary debate on land and water grabbing through a
detailed, qualitative case study of horticultural agribusinesses which have settled in …

This paper explores the role of contract farming arrangements in agricultural intensification
in sub‐Saharan Africa, combining secondary literature and original case material from …

In the context of contract farming of sugarcane in an outgrower scheme in Tanzania, this
paper explores how the scheme has fundamentally altered people's relationships with the …

Given that the rice Green Revolution involves adopting managementintensive production
practices, the role of extension is critically important to its realization in sub-Saharan Africa …

Introduction Over the past decade, much media, academic, and policy attention has focused
on the rapid growth of large-scale land deals around the world (see Borras and Franco …

Boosting the productivity of smallholder farming systems continues to be a major need in
Africa. Challenges relating to how to improve irrigation are multi‐factor and multisectoral …