Ana Sofia Ganho
Ana Sofia Ganho is a PhD candidate at University of Manchester's Institute for Development Management and Policy. Her thesis project looks at the water component investments in rice and sugar plantations in Mozambique, impacts on land and water rights locally and in the policy-making process. Ana Sofia has worked in Portugal, the USA and sub-Saharan Africa. She can be reached at: ana.ganho@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk. |
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Research on Land-grabbing:
‘Friendship’ rice? A Chinese rice plantation in Mozambique
This study focuses on a rice plantation in Mozambique that resulted from an accord between Mozambican and Chinese provincial authorities, and the impacts that it has had on land and water rights. This study is based on quantitative data about water availability and demand, and interviews with different groups, such as peasants and farmers in the area, the plantation’s manager, and representatives from the District Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Registry. Information sought includes previous and current sources of livelihoods as a reflection of changes in their access to and management of land and water, but also questions of social differentiation, as reflected in unequal access to quality seeds, credit, and political actors. Furthermore, the terms specified in the twinning accord (e.g., technology sharing, hiring of local workers) inform the discussion and link with the central government strategies for land and water, and national/local accumulation processes.
