Abstract
Large scale land acquisition has led to land related problems in many countries. Various studies have blamed chiefs as the primary cause of the problems associated with large scale land investments...
Highlights
IntroductionLarge scale agricultural investment has become an integral component of Ghana’s agricultural sector
Over the years, large scale agricultural investment has become an integral component of Ghana’s agricultural sector
The researchers conclude that the sources of information influence largely the outcome of what people perceive as readers and form their own impression on whose actions result in, for example, land dispossession
Summary
Large scale agricultural investment has become an integral component of Ghana’s agricultural sector. In large scale land investments in Ghana, chiefs are key actors who are consulted by investors for land acquisitions (Yaro & Tsikatai, 2014). Agricultural commercialisation has been perceived with mixed feelings Whilst it is seen as a signal for agricultural modernisation and evolvement of the traditional land tenure, commercialisation is liable to the disenfranchisement of the land rights of many local members (Obeng-Odoom, 2012). This is because, it tends to manipulate the land rights of the rural members through a coercive mechanism with the quest to satisfy ideological desires of powerful actors, thereby worsening poverty and inequalities of affected individuals. This is because, it tends to manipulate the land rights of the rural members through a coercive mechanism with the quest to satisfy ideological desires of powerful actors, thereby worsening poverty and inequalities of affected individuals. Yaro and Tsikatai (2014) have clearly indicated that through commercialisation, chiefs in Ghana appropriate the proceeds of land sales without due recognition of their people
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