9:00 Opening addresses
9:45 Morning Session
African peasantries: between local and global transformations
Chair: Pierluigi Valsecchi, University of Pavia
Mario Zamponi, University of Bologna
African peasantry and rural transformations in contemporary Southern Africa
Pauline Peters, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Land policies, land laws and agricultural development in past and present challenges to rural livelihoods in Africa
Davide Chinigò, University of Bologna
Agrarian transformation, democratisation and land reclamation movements in Southern Malawi
João Carrilho, Observatório do Meio Rural, Maputo
Land law, power and rural development in post-independent Mozambique: some early thoughts
14:30 Afternoon session
The new harvest: between food security and land grabbing
Chair: Federica Guazzini, University for Foreigners of Perugia
Carlos Oya, School of Oriental and African Studies, London Contract farming, large-scale land deals and agrarian change in Africa
George Lwanda, United Nations Development Programme, Lusaka
Extracting development in Zambia: the potential role of the extractives sector in enhancing agricultural investments and food security
Emmanuel Sulle, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of Western Cape
The implications of Tanzania’s ‘Agriculture First’ initiative on food security and land grabbing
Gareth James, University of Edinburgh
The expansion of contract farming in Zimbabwe: causes, consequences, and implications for food security