TY - BOOK ID - 85285368 TI - Ploughing new ground : food, farming & environmental change in Ethiopia PY - 2017 SN - 1787440583 1847011748 PB - Woodbridge, Suffolk : James Currey, DB - UniCat KW - Agriculture KW - Agriculture and state KW - Economic aspects KW - Ethiopia KW - Abesinija KW - Abesiniye KW - Abessinien KW - Abisinia KW - Abissinia KW - Abissinii︠a︡ KW - Abisynja KW - Abyssinia KW - Aethiopia KW - Alta Ætiopia KW - Äthiopien KW - Avēssynia KW - Demokratische Bundesrepublik Äthiopien KW - Ėfiopii︠a︡ KW - Empire of Ethiopia KW - Éthiopie KW - Etiopia KW - Etiopie KW - Eṭiopiye KW - Etiyopiyah KW - Etiyopyah KW - Etʻovpia KW - Etyopiyah KW - Etyopyah KW - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia KW - Federazione etiopica KW - Gouvernement impérial d'Éthiopie KW - Ḥabash KW - Hạbashah KW - ʼIḤeDeRi KW - Imperial Ethiopian Government KW - Ityop KW - Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik KW - Ityopp'ya KW - ʼItyoṗyā KW - Motumā céhumsa ʼItyopyā KW - People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia KW - Provisional Military Government of Ethiopia KW - Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia KW - Repubblica democratica federale d'Etiopia KW - República Democrática Federal de Etiopía KW - République fédérale démocratique d'Éthiopie KW - Transitional Government of Ethiopia KW - YaH̲ebratasabʼāwit ʼItyoṗyā gizéyāwi watādarāwi mangeśt KW - YaʼItyoṗyā ḥezbāwi dimokrāsiyāwi ripublik KW - YaʼItyopyā mangeśt KW - YaʼItyoṗyā ne. na. mangeśt KW - YaʼItyoṗyā neguśa nagaśt mangeśt KW - YaʼItyop̣ya yašegeger mangeśt KW - Ye-Ityopp'ya Federalawi Dimokrasiyawi Ripeblik KW - YeĪtyopʼiya Fēdēralawī Dēmokrasīyawī Rīpeblīk KW - エチオピア KW - Echiopia KW - Ethiopia (Territory under British occupation, 1941-1942) KW - Reserved Areas of Ethiopia (Territory under British occupation, 1942-1955) KW - Economic conditions KW - Politics and governmen KW - Rural conditions. KW - Politics and government KW - YaʼI.Fé.De.Ri. KW - IFeDeRi KW - 20th century Ethiopia. KW - Africa. KW - African studies. KW - Agriculture. KW - Developing countries. KW - Drought. KW - Economic development. KW - Environmental policy. KW - Ethiopia's Lake Region. KW - Ethiopia. KW - Ethiopian history. KW - Farming. KW - Food shortage. KW - Land. KW - Population. KW - Social Unrest. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85285368 AB - In October 2016, the Ethiopian administration declared a State of Emergency in response to anti-Government demonstrations and mass riots. While the Government claimed the riots stemmed from subversive activities among large diasporic populations in the West, the evidence suggests that they were provoked by widespread internal dissatisfaction. Land deals by the Government with foreign investors, the building of vast hydroelectric dams, sugar estates and industry parks, and urban sprawl have put pressure on agricultural, rural areas. Today, dispossessions, drought and social unrest surround fears of the worst food shortages in decades. Examining these developments in Ethiopia's lake region, the author shows how transformations in state-society relations and the organization of production and exchange have impacted on a population of smallholder farmers for whom agriculture is not only the mainstay of the economy but a way of life. Getnet Bekele is Associate Professor of History at Oakland University, MI, where he teaches African History and the Environmental and Economic History of Africa and the Global South. ER -