The Political Economy of Land and Agrarian Development in Eth... - 9780367665470

Taylor & Francis

The Political Economy of Land and Agrarian Development in EthiopiaThe Arssi Region since 1941\nAuthor(s): Ketebo Abdiyo Ensene\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367665470, 978-0367665470\nSynopsis\nLocated in central Ethiopia, the Arssi region is one of the most productive in Ethiopia yet it has so far been neglected by scholars. This book scrutinizes the rural development of Arssi by focusing on the Swedish supported experimental venture known as the Chilalo Agricultural Development Unit (CADU) and later as the Arssi Rural Development Unit (ARDU).\n\nKetebo Abdiyo Ensene investigates how effectively this strategy empowered the peasantry to change their farming techniques and produce beyond subsistence level. He also examines the accumulation of alienated land by the northern Ethiopian nobility through land grants, fake purchases, and other futile means of land grabs and the impact that this had on the native pop.