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Alternative Agricultural Business models for Large-scale Private Investments in Sierra Leone

Insights from emerging cocoa and oil palm cases

Reports & Research
August, 2017
Sierra Leone
land investments
The report focuses on Sierra Leone (SL), which has placed a high priority on private sector investments over the last decade to support agricultural development. The country has experienced a significant increase of (mainly foreign) investments based on LSLAs, yet few of which are in an advanced stage. The study is based on several of palm oil and cocoa sector investment case studies. Both sectors are very relevant for SL’s economy and have seen several private sector investments.
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Enclosure, dispossession, and the green economy: new contours of internal displacement in Liberia and Sierra Leone?

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2017
Liberia, Sierra Leone
Land in post-conflict settings
displacement
dispossession
land conflicts
land governance
local communities
natural disasters
natural resources management
Through a review of recent writings in political ecology and agrarian studies, this paper appraises the potential for emerging forms of ‘green economy’ initiatives to catalyze new forms of internal displacement in West Africa, with specific emphasis on the postwar contexts of Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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Guma Valley Water Company Act (No. 6 of 2017).

Legislation
August, 2017
Sierra Leone
fisheries
This Act continues in existence the Guma Valley Water Company, defines its functions and powers and provides with respect to its administration and operations. The Company shall be governed by a Board, which may make Regulations as are necessary for the implementation of this Act. The Company shall produce, distribute and conserve water within the limits of supply and other areas as may be determined by the National Commission for Privatization.
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Large-scale land deals in Sierra Leone at the intersection of gender and lineage

Journal Articles & Books
July, 2017
Sierra Leone
Land in post-conflict settings
land acquisitions
land deals
land dispute
land rights
There is wide engagement with large-scale land deals in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly from the perspectives of development and international political economy. Recently, scholars have increasingly pointed to a gendered lacuna in this literature. Engagement with gender tends to focus on potential differential impacts for men and women, and it also flags the need for more detailed empirical research of specific land deals.
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Port Loko Declaration: Women say “We want our lands back!”

Training Resources & Tools
August, 2017
Sierra Leone
Land in post-conflict settings
gender equity in access to land
land dispute
land policies
land rights
local communities
women
We, leaders of groups of women affected by the expansion of industrial monoculture plantations, particularly oil palm plantations, coming from all regions in Sierra Leone and different countries from West and Central Africa;

We, national and international organizations involved in the struggle for the rights of women and local communities in Africa, Latin America and Asia, signatories of this declaration, met from 14 to 15 August 2017 in Port Loko, Sierra Leone.
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Rural Vulnerability and Inequality in Eastern Sierra Leone: Findings from the Field

Conference Papers & Reports
January, 2018
Sierra Leone
VGGT
rural areas
land investments
The SPIRAL-Project (the "Project"), financed by the UK government under the LEGEND Challenge Fund and implemented by Deutsche Welthungerhilfe ("WHH") and a private-sector partner (the "Investor"), establishes and tests a fair, transparent, and inclusive business approach (the CPC model) for responsible land-based agricultural investments in the Sierra Leonean Cocoa Sector.
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Spatial Monitoring Report on SOCFIN Agricultural Company Sierra Leone Ltd. in Malen Chiefdom, Pujehun District, Sierra Leone

Reports & Research
May, 2017
Sierra Leone
Land in post-conflict settings
land acquisitions
land investments
land deals
land grabbing
land rights
land dispute
monitoring
Since the onset of the phenomenon of large scale land acquisition for agri-business in Sierra Leone, after the first whistle was blown by Green Scenery, many studies have been conducted by various researchers, some to meet requirements for degree thesis, others for policy and development purposes. There is the fear in a school of thought opposed to large scale land acquisition that there is danger in corporate entities ascribing huge portions of land to themselves in the guise of investment and annihilating the actual land owners.
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Strong Institutions in Weak States: Institution Building, Natural Resource Governance, and Conflict in Ghana and Sierra Leone

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2017
Ghana, Sierra Leone
Land in post-conflict settings
land governance
land policies
environment
natural resources management
land conflicts
land dispute
Since the end of the Cold War, natural resources have assumed an increasingly prominent role in security, conflict, and peace studies. Scholars and development practitioners alike view the development of strong institutions, which aim to domesticate global regulatory regimes that foster neoliberal principles like privatization, transparency, and accountability, as necessary to mitigate natural resource conflict in resource-rich states, as well as enhance opportunities for peace and social justice.
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The Block Farm and the CPC Model : Comparison of Two Responsible Investment Approaches

Reports & Research
July, 2017
Sierra Leone
land investments
land tenure systems
The Block Farm-Model
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The Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2017

Legislation
June, 2017
Sierra Leone
land administration
land governance
Bein an Act to amend the Local Governemnt ACT, 2004, to provide the addition of new Districts created under the Provinces (Administrative Division) Order, 2017 and other related matters.