Large-scale agricultural investments trigger direct and indirect land use change: New evidence from the Nacala corridor, Mozambique
Large-scale agricultural investments trigger direct and indirect land use change: New evidence from the Nacala corridor, Mozambique
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大规模农业投资引发直接和间接的土地利用变化：来自莫桑比克纳卡拉走廊的新证据
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2018
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S. Eckert
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J. Zaehringer;A. Atumane;S. Berger;S. Eckert
摘要莫桑比克的纳卡拉走廊是非洲大规模农业投资的主要东道国地区之一。赖公司生产出口作物，对小规模农民和环境的影响鲜为人知。我们进行了101次访谈，访问了居住在安莱附近的小规模农民，以了解他们对安莱对自己的土地使用和环境的影响的看法。此外，我们利用遥感技术评估了古雷和莫纳波两个研究区2000至2015年间的土地利用变化。结果表明，LAI直接和间接地造成了森林砍伐。农民感受到的主要环境影响是，莱斯阻止了他们进入河流。确实发生了积极的溢出效应，但不能弥补所经历的负面影响。只有解决围绕占领土地的现有不公正，才有可能在纳卡拉走廊实现莱族人和小农的和平共处。
ABSTRACT The Nacala corridor in Mozambique is one of the main host regions for large-scale agricultural investments (LAIs) in Africa. LAI companies produce crops for export, with scarcely known impacts on small-scale farmers and the environment. We conducted 101 interviews with small-scale farmers living near an LAI to elicit their perceptions of the LAI’s impacts on their own land use and the environment. Additionally, we used remote sensing to assess land use change between 2000 and 2015 in two study areas in Guruè and Monapo districts. The results show that LAIs caused deforestation both directly and indirectly. The main environmental impact perceived by farmers was that LAIs had blocked their access to rivers. Positive spillovers did occur, but could not compensate for the negative impacts experienced. A peaceful coexistence of LAIs and small-scale farmers in the Nacala corridor is only possible if existing injustices around the occupation of land are resolved.