Paulette Nonfodji
| Paulette Nonfodji has a Bsc in Cultural Anthropology, a master degree in Sociology and is currently a Msc candidate (summer 2012) in Contemporary Asian Studies from the University of Amsterdam. Her main field of research concerns the politics of bio-fuel in relation to food crops and farmland at multinational corporate, state and regional organizations levels. Contact details: paulecathynonfodji@gmail.com |
Research on Land-grabbing:
Small Farm Holders’ Response to the Global Land Rush in Benin: Linkages of international solidarity between civil society organizations
The current project seeks to provide insights into how linkages of solidarity among civil society groups in Benin and France help to empower local small farm holders to resist the global investments in farmland in Benin. The mapping and the analysis of these linkages between the different movements will shed light on the role of both national and international civil society organizations in shaping the forms and strategies of resistance adopted in order to thwart the rush on agricultural land in Benin. Hence we will get to better understand one of the alternatives of resistance as global answer to the global farmland rush in the local context of rural Benin. To reach the above mentioned aim, the project will draw heavily on primary data from fieldwork in Benin and France which will serves as source to analyse the small farm holders’ response to the global land rush in the above mention country.
