Mapping of community perspectives on land acquisition for biofuel investment in northern Ghana

dc.contributor.authorKupabado, M.M.
dc.contributor.authorMensah-Bonsu, A.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-04T11:43:49Z
dc.date.available2024-06-04T11:43:49Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractWe apply Q methodology, a model with a qualitative background, albeit with rigorous quantitative analysis, to map community perspectives (concerns, attitudes, beliefs, opinions, and perceptions) towards the acquisition of communal land for a biofuel project in northern Ghana. We extracted four community perspectives, in the order of importance as follows: (1) pro-biofuel project, but pessimistic (2) against the biofuel project (pro-environ mental) (3) strong against and (4) optimistic. Taken together, the perspectives suggest the local people believe the biofuel project has no potential to improve their livelihoods, meanwhile, there is a consensus that the project destroyed trees of economic importance and provided poor working conditions for the local employees. We recommend (1) the establishment of enforceable economic and social contracts between the employees, local land users and the biofuel investors (2) direct monetary compensation for the affected communal land users (3) investigation of allegations of late or partial-payment of salaries of the biofuel project’s employees (4) future considerations for acquiring communal land should include broad community consultations and incorporate the local land users’ interests, concerns, and viewpoints and (5) the local bioenergy policy of the government of Ghana must include checks on communal land sale decisions, which directly or indirectly impact the welfare of the people.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107167
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/42131
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLand Use Policyen_US
dc.subjectBiofuelen_US
dc.subjectCommunity perspectivesen_US
dc.subjectCommunal landen_US
dc.titleMapping of community perspectives on land acquisition for biofuel investment in northern Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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