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Ploughing New Ground

By Getnet Bekele

Ploughing New Ground

By Getnet Bekele

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In October 2016, the Ethiopian administration declared a State of Emergency in response to anti-Government demonstrations and mass riots. Officially said to result from subversive activities channelled from Eritrea, Egypt and diasporic populations in the West, the evidence in fact suggests that the riots stemmed from widespread internal dissatisfaction. Large-scale land dispossessions following bilateral deals with transnational agribusiness, damming of major rivers, construction of sugar estates and industry parks as well as urban sprawl have put pressure on agricultural and rural areas. Today, displacement, drought and widening inequalities surround fears of severe food shortages and political instability. Drawing on informant testimonies, court archives, field reports and other sources, the author examines these developments in Ethiopia's lake region. He shows how transformations over time in spatial politics, state-society relations and the organization of production and exchange have influenced the situation today, and reveals the impact of these changes on a population of smallholder farmers for which agriculture is not only the mainstay of the national economy but a way of life. Getnet Bekele is Associate Professor of History at Oakland University, MI, where he teaches African History and the Environmental and Economic History of Africa and the Global South.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
226
Release Date:
2017-08-18
Publication Date:
2017-08-18
Publisher:
James Currey
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1847011748
ISBN13:
9781847011749
Weight:
508 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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