The Impact of Larger-Scale Agricultural Investments on Local Communities : Updated Voices from the Field
This report is an update to the above mentioned UNCTAD/World Bank study (the “first phase”). Following that researchers revisited eight operations in four countries(Cambodia, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Tanzania),conducting a total of 113 detailed add...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
|
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/982221493042400267/The-impact-of-larger-scale-agricultural-investments-on-local-communities-updated-voices-from-the-field http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26487 |
| Summary: | This report is an update to the above
mentioned UNCTAD/World Bank study (the “first phase”).
Following that researchers revisited eight operations in
four countries(Cambodia, Ethiopia, Mozambique and
Tanzania),conducting a total of 113 detailed additional
interviewswith 349 stakeholders primarily from local
communitiesin which the agribusiness operations are based.
This report presents an updated set of findings based on
these follow-up interviews; as this report is not a
stand-alonepiece, it should be treated as supplemental
material tothe original study, and the findings contained in
the two reports should be viewed in unity. Accordingly, the
tables in Section 1.3 of this report provide an updated
version ofthe tabular summary findings from the first phase
report that have been augmented and revised based on
findings from the additional fieldwork. The main intention
behind the second phase of fieldwork was to deepen and
enrich the data sample and information collected, by
conducting further interviews in orderto augment, challenge
and/or verify the findings of the original study. In the
second phase, research teams spent more time with local
communities and other stakeholders(interviewees are referred
to as “external stakeholders”2)which had not been possible
in the first phase, due to time and resource limitations.
This updated report seeks to describe in a more nuanced
manner the perceived impacts arising from associated
agribusiness investments, including spillover effects on the
local community and more widely—whether intended or
unintended. Given the complexity of impacts,3 these cannot
be regarded simplistically as ‘good to be recommended’or
‘bad to be corrected’; nevertheless, they offer essential
ground-level insights from which to deepen understanding of
outcomes and draw lessons. |
|---|