Sharing scarcity : land access and social relations in Southeast Rwanda / Margot Leegwater.

"Land is a crucial yet scarce resource in Rwanda, where about 90% of the population is engaged in subsistence farming, and access to land is increasingly becoming a source of conflict. This study examines the effects of land-access and land-tenure policies on local community relations, including eth...

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Uniform Title:African studies collection (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 60.
Main Author: Leegwater, Margot (Margaretha Elizabeth), 1972- (Author)
Corporate Author: Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden. Afrika-Studiecentrum
Language:English
Published: Leiden, The Netherlands : African Studies Centre, [2015]
Series:African studies collection (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 60.
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Physical Description:xi, 231 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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