Bread or justice - Land restitution and investments in Montes de Maria,Colombia |
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| Institution: | 1. Oslo Metropolitan University, POB 4 St. Olavs plass, N0130 Oslo, Norway;2. Universidad del Norte, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Km 5 via Puerto Colombia, Barranquilla, Colombia, SA;1. School of Economics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, PR China;2. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China;3. Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China;4. Department of Science and Technology, Parthenope University of Naples, Centro Direzionale, Isola C4, 80143, Naples, Italy;5. School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, PR China;1. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, United States;2. Department of Geography, UC Santa Barbara, United States;3. University of Colorado, Population Program and Geography Department, United States;4. University of Florida, Department of Geography and the Emerging Pathogens Institute, United States;1. School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, PR China;2. Laboratory for Systems Ecology and Sustainability Science, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, PR China;3. School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China;4. School of Information Resource Management, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, PR China;5. Department of Real Estate and Construction, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR;6. State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, PR China;7. School of Applied Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, PR China;1. Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education – UiT – the Arctic University of Norway;2. Faculty of Bioscience, Fisheries and Economy, UiT – the Arctic University of Norway, Norway;3. Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education – UiT – the Arctic University of Norway;4. Faculty of Bioscience, Fisheries and Economy, UiT – the Arctic University of Norway, Norway;1. Department of Economics and Statistics “Cognetti de Martiis”, University of Turin, Italy;2. Department of Agriculture, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Turin, Italy;3. Research Centre for Rural Development of Hilly Areas, University of Turin, Italy |
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| Abstract: | In 2011, Colombia started a legal land restitution process whereby government institutions help internally displaced people (IDPs) reclaim land dispossessed after 1991 through the violent conflict involving the communist guerilla, paramilitaries and the army. The designated land courts normally covers voluntary sales at the going market price at the time of dispossession, presuming buyers took advantage of the IDPs’ need for money and their low expectations of returning from their current sites of refuge. We study the rise and fall of a commercial cassava operation that started to buy land from IDPs openly in the Montes de María region on Colombia’s Caribbean coast after peace returned in 2007. After losing several land restitution court cases, the company shifted from dairy cattle that required high investments to the less demanding, but also less productive, buffalo to minimize losses in case of future successful restitution claims. The land restitution law will probably be extended beyond the initial 2021 limit due to slow progress, thereby perpetuating the insecure property rights situation that hinders investments in agriculture. |
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| Keywords: | Colombia Land property rights Internally displaced people Land restitution Agriculture investment |
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