Large-Scale Investments in Chitemene Farmland: Exploring Marginal Lands Narrative in Zambia's Northern Province

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2013

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"This paper aims to fill that gap through a case study in Mpika District, Northern Province, in a prime investment destination located along the TAZARRA corridor. We analyze the income households derive from shifting agricultural plots (chitemene), permanent cropland and other land uses in 3 villages located on the border of a leasehold concession acquired by a foreign company interested in jatropha cultivation. We then take a scenario approach to explore the likely economic impacts of targeting different types of land uses and land cover for customary land users under different employment scenarios."

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agriculture, land tenure and use, IASC

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