State-led modernization of the Ethiopian sugar industry: questions of power and agency in lowland transformation
<p dir="ltr">This article critically analyses the history of the Ethiopian sugar industry, with emphasis on drivers, decision-making and processes of incorporation and exclusion aiming to transform lowlands. We argue that the government has used a state-led modernization and expansio...
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| author | Yidneckachew Ayele Zikargie (16946634) |
| author2 | Poul Wisborg (16946640) Logan Cochrane (7822049) |
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| author_facet | Yidneckachew Ayele Zikargie (16946634) Poul Wisborg (16946640) Logan Cochrane (7822049) |
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| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2022-07-03T00:00:00Z |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | 10.1080/17531055.2023.2166449 |
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| dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv | CC BY 4.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Agriculture, land and farm management Horticultural production Human society Development studies Ethiopia sugar industry modernization lowland transformation agency power pastoralism CPP |
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| description | <p dir="ltr">This article critically analyses the history of the Ethiopian sugar industry, with emphasis on drivers, decision-making and processes of incorporation and exclusion aiming to transform lowlands. We argue that the government has used a state-led modernization and expansion of the sugar industry to consolidate the power of central governments. Through the creation of sugar-based agribusinesses, the changing regimes have sought to extend their control over natural resources, increase the movement of labour, and stimulate economic growth. This has led to deepened state structures and considerable transformation of power relations, causing marginalization of the affected communities. In Ethiopia’s post-2018 political and economic transition, this modernist and expansionist programme found itself in a set of deep economic and financial crises, leading to government initiatives to privatize the sugar industry. In response to the privatization initiatives, local elites articulate and contest the historical process of marginalization and compete in demanding redress for the adverse incorporation of the communities. They do so to expand the community space for agency and enforce their interests in gaining from, and perhaps dominating a privatization process through takeover strategies. The past modernist development approach that caused marginalization is likely to affect a new stage of lowland transformation.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Journal of Eastern African Studies<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2023.2166449" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2023.2166449</a></p> |
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| spelling | State-led modernization of the Ethiopian sugar industry: questions of power and agency in lowland transformationYidneckachew Ayele Zikargie (16946634)Poul Wisborg (16946640)Logan Cochrane (7822049)Agriculture, land and farm managementHorticultural productionHuman societyDevelopment studiesEthiopiasugar industrymodernizationlowland transformationagencypowerpastoralismCPP<p dir="ltr">This article critically analyses the history of the Ethiopian sugar industry, with emphasis on drivers, decision-making and processes of incorporation and exclusion aiming to transform lowlands. We argue that the government has used a state-led modernization and expansion of the sugar industry to consolidate the power of central governments. Through the creation of sugar-based agribusinesses, the changing regimes have sought to extend their control over natural resources, increase the movement of labour, and stimulate economic growth. This has led to deepened state structures and considerable transformation of power relations, causing marginalization of the affected communities. In Ethiopia’s post-2018 political and economic transition, this modernist and expansionist programme found itself in a set of deep economic and financial crises, leading to government initiatives to privatize the sugar industry. In response to the privatization initiatives, local elites articulate and contest the historical process of marginalization and compete in demanding redress for the adverse incorporation of the communities. They do so to expand the community space for agency and enforce their interests in gaining from, and perhaps dominating a privatization process through takeover strategies. The past modernist development approach that caused marginalization is likely to affect a new stage of lowland transformation.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Journal of Eastern African Studies<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2023.2166449" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2023.2166449</a></p>2022-07-03T00:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.1080/17531055.2023.2166449https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/State-led_modernization_of_the_Ethiopian_sugar_industry_questions_of_power_and_agency_in_lowland_transformation/24099630CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/240996302022-07-03T00:00:00Z |
| spellingShingle | State-led modernization of the Ethiopian sugar industry: questions of power and agency in lowland transformation Yidneckachew Ayele Zikargie (16946634) Agriculture, land and farm management Horticultural production Human society Development studies Ethiopia sugar industry modernization lowland transformation agency power pastoralism CPP |
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| title_full | State-led modernization of the Ethiopian sugar industry: questions of power and agency in lowland transformation |
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| title_full_unstemmed | State-led modernization of the Ethiopian sugar industry: questions of power and agency in lowland transformation |
| title_short | State-led modernization of the Ethiopian sugar industry: questions of power and agency in lowland transformation |
| title_sort | State-led modernization of the Ethiopian sugar industry: questions of power and agency in lowland transformation |
| topic | Agriculture, land and farm management Horticultural production Human society Development studies Ethiopia sugar industry modernization lowland transformation agency power pastoralism CPP |