DIIS seminar: Landbrugs-investeringer og levebrød i Mozambique

TID: Torsdag d. 31. oktober kl. 10-12

STED: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Main Auditorium, Østbanegade 117, ground floor, 2100 København Ø.

Natural Resource Investments in Africa: Agro-Investments and Livelihoods in Mozambique

TID: Torsdag d. 31. oktober kl. 10-12

STED: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Main Auditorium, Østbanegade 117, ground floor, 2100 København Ø.

Natural Resource Investments in Africa: Agro-Investments and Livelihoods in Mozambique

DIIS has launched a new seminar series: The Political Economy of Natural Resource Investments in Africa, focusing on the renewed attention to natural resources in Africa.

In the second seminar, Professor Randi Kaarhus, Head of Research, Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, presents a paper on Agro-Investments and their consequences for livelihoods in Mozambique

The seminar series on the Political Economy of Natural Resource Investments will explore the impact of natural resources on economics, politics, development, foreign aid, conflict, and geopolitics in Africa.

On the back of over a decade of sustained high-level global demand for commodities, there has been a dramatic surge of foreign investment in extractive industries on the continent. OECD-countries and emerging powers, such as China, India, and Brazil, are exploiting African oil, gas, minerals, and engaging in agri-business through large-scale land acquisitions.

The seminars seek to highlight the global-local dimension of natural resource extraction and governance in Africa. They also consider how new resource-rich countries, particularly in East Africa, can harness this wealth towards broad economic development and poverty reduction to avoid the negative economic and political consequences of the “resource curse” experienced elsewhere on the continent.

In the second seminar, Randi Kaarhus gives a presentation on investments and livelihoods in Mozambique.

The presentation is based on the report Agro-Investment in Africa: Impact on Land and Livelihoods in Mozambique and Tanzania (jointly written with Ruth Haug, Joseph P. Hella and Heremia R. Makindara), and on research into specific locations, including the Beira Agricultural Growth Corridor – a specific public-private partnership approach promoting large-scale agro-investments. Throughout, she sheds light on “investments” consequences for livelihoods, in particular for women.

The seminar will be held in English.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use use this link to registrate: http://en.diis.dk/home/seminars/2013/natural+resource+investments+in+africa-c3-+agro-investments+and+livelihoods+in+mozambique?niun no later than Wednesday, 30 October 2013 at 12.00 noon.

Please await confirmation by e-mail from DIIS for participation.