エチオピアで進展している土地収奪やそれに関連した開発政策が, 同国周縁部にくらす農牧社会に与えている影響が明らかになった。対象としたのはエチオピアとケニア, 南スーダンの国境付近である。対象地域には2000年代から国内外の資本が大規模農場を建設した。建設過程においてはコミュニティへ適切な説明や補償がなされず, 多くの地元住民が半強制的に従来の居住地からの退去を迫られた。農場建設後に農場での雇用を得た人もわずかであった。また対象地域を流れるオモ川の上流部に巨大ダムが建設されたことで, 巨大ダムが人びとの生活を大きく変化させていることも明らかになった。
Since the latter half of the 2000s, external investors have acquired vast areas primarily in the African continent. Ethiopia is one of the main target areas. Some million hectares of land has already been transacted not only to foreign investors, but also to many domestic investors. I have conducted field research among agro-pastoral people in southwestern Ethiopia to analyze the impact of land transactions on the local livelihood system and social relations. In this area, seven farm agreements have been made with investors; of them, five are already in operation. The residents were not given proper explanations as to the transactions of the land. And because land registration has not begun in the villages area, no compensations have been paid. Very few local people were employed by the farms. In addition, I showed that the building of big dam in the upper Omo river has strongly influenced the local livelihood system.

研究種目 : 若手研究(B)
研究期間 : 2014～2016
課題番号 : 26760004
研究分野 : アフリカ地域研究