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| Full Title | Ploughing New Ground Food, Farming & Environmental Change in Ethiopia 1st Edition |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Getnet Bekele |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| ISBN | 9781787440586, 9781847011749, 9781847011992, 9781787440531 |
| Publisher | James Currey |
| Format | PDF and EPUB |
An in-depth analysis of the politics and practice of food production and supply in Ethiopia, and their impact on the largely agricultural economy and farming populations, who represent nearly 80 per cent of the country’s population.
Winner of the Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize to the author of the best book on East African Studies, 2018.
In October 2016, the Ethiopian administration declared a State of Emergency in response to anti-Government demonstrations and mass riots. While the Government claimed the riots stemmed from subversive activities among large diasporic populations in the West, the evidence suggests that they were provoked by widespread internal dissatisfaction.Land deals by the Government with foreign investors, the building of vast hydroelectric dams, sugar estates and industry parks, and urban sprawl have put pressure on agricultural, rural areas. Today, dispossessions, drought and social unrest surround fears of the worst food shortages in decades. Examining these developments in Ethiopia’s lake region, the author shows how transformations in state-society relations and the organization of production and exchange have impacted on a population of smallholder farmers for whom agriculture is not only the mainstay of the economy but a way of life.
Getnet Bekele is Associate Professor of History at Oakland University, MI, wherehe teaches African History and the Environmental and Economic History of Africa and the Global South.
Original price was: $24.00.$6.00Current price is: $6.00.
Access Ploughing New Ground Food, Farming & Environmental Change in Ethiopia 1st Edition Now. Discount up to 90%
| Full Title | Ploughing New Ground Food, Farming & Environmental Change in Ethiopia 1st Edition |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Getnet Bekele |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| ISBN | 9781787440531, 9781847011749, 9781787440586, 9781847011992 |
| Publisher | James Currey |
| Format | PDF and EPUB |
An in-depth analysis of the politics and practice of food production and supply in Ethiopia, and their impact on the largely agricultural economy and farming populations, who represent nearly 80 per cent of the country’s population.
Winner of the Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize to the author of the best book on East African Studies, 2018.
In October 2016, the Ethiopian administration declared a State of Emergency in response to anti-Government demonstrations and mass riots. While the Government claimed the riots stemmed from subversive activities among large diasporic populations in the West, the evidence suggests that they were provoked by widespread internal dissatisfaction.Land deals by the Government with foreign investors, the building of vast hydroelectric dams, sugar estates and industry parks, and urban sprawl have put pressure on agricultural, rural areas. Today, dispossessions, drought and social unrest surround fears of the worst food shortages in decades. Examining these developments in Ethiopia’s lake region, the author shows how transformations in state-society relations and the organization of production and exchange have impacted on a population of smallholder farmers for whom agriculture is not only the mainstay of the economy but a way of life.
Getnet Bekele is Associate Professor of History at Oakland University, MI, wherehe teaches African History and the Environmental and Economic History of Africa and the Global South.
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