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Big sugar in southern Africa : rural development and the perverted potential of sugar/ethanol exports

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Richardson, Ben (2010) Big sugar in southern Africa : rural development and the perverted potential of sugar/ethanol exports. Journal of Peasant Studies, The, Vol.37 (No.4). pp. 917-938. doi:10.1080/03066150.2010.512464 ISSN 0306-6150.

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Abstract

This paper asks how investment in large-scale sugar cane production has contributed, and will contribute, to rural development in southern Africa. Taking a case study of the South African company Illovo in Zambia, the argument is made that the potential for greater tax revenue, domestic competition, access to resources and wealth distribution from sugar/ethanol production have all been perverted and with relatively little payoff in wage labour opportunities in return. If the benefits of agro-exports cannot be so easily assumed, then the prospective 'balance sheet' of biofuels needs to be re-examined. In this light, the paper advocates smaller-scale agrarian initiatives.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Sugar trade -- Exports -- Africa, Southern, Ethanol fuel industry -- Exports -- Africa, Southern, Rural development -- Economic aspects -- Africa, Southern, Africa, Southern -- Economic conditions -- 21st century, Investments, Foreign -- Africa, Southern, Illovo (Firm)
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Peasant Studies, The
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 0306-6150
Official Date: April 2010
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April 2010Published
Volume: Vol.37
Number: No.4
Number of Pages: 22
Page Range: pp. 917-938
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2010.512464
Status: Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 2 January 2016
Date of first compliant Open Access: 2 January 2016

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