1.C - Ethiopia - Land grabbing

Question 1

growth in Ethiopia due to what?

Answer 1

large scale investments 
economy boomed 
108% GDP increase 
foreign investment - 1M hectares land leased
Ethiopian gov want to invest x3

Question 2

what countries have leased land in the Gambella region?

Answer 2

India
china
Saudi Arabia

Question 3

what happens to food produced on foreign leased land?

Answer 3

exported to Asia and Europe

Question 4

what are the threats to local tribes

Answer 4

their land is are being taken away from them because lands being leased out by the government to foreign companies

Question 5

how many hectares of land do the community have to survive on?

Answer 5

2

Question 6

why do locals think their lands not as productive

Answer 6

no modern tools

Question 7

benefits of leasing land to foreign investors

Answer 7

capital accumulation
job opportunities
technological transfer
production increase

Question 8

how many foreign companies have signed land agreements

Answer 8

70

Question 9

how much does the Ethiopian gov charge foreign investors to lease land

Answer 9

5-20 euros per hectares per year

cheapest price compared to other countries

Question 10

Indias foreign investment with Ethiopia

Answer 10

India pays 6.5 dollars per hectares per year for its land it leases in Ethiopia
use land for oils and bio fuels
farm land that the Indian company lease increased
increased productivity via digging wells and imported machinery

Question 11

impacts on people of the foreign investors leased land

Answer 11

low wages if working on foreign owned farms 
own lands been taken away 
natural resources taken away 
villageisation 
displacement

Question 12

villageisation

Answer 12

process of moving people from scattered homes into purpose built settlements

28,000 people displaced - services that were promised no fulfilled

office for rural development say benefits of villageisarion is food security when people live together