Abstract There have been studies on land-conflict and its implications through large scale land investments in Ghana and beyond. However, contrary to the negative conflict-implications of land investments, the effectiveness of conflict-reversal interventions has received little attention in academic and policy debates. This has led to a literature gap about land conflict reversal pathways and outcomes. This study thus, uses a case study design based on qualitative methods to introduce two communities of large scale land acquisitions (namely Agogo and Kpachaa) in Ghana where corporate investors took multiple steps to mediate conflicts with the ruralists vis-a-vis the secondary effects aftermath. The study identifies that the implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) interventions and benefit sharing mechanisms have had deescalating effects on land conflicts in the communities involved. In the case of Agogo, it was noticed that the conflict reversal pathways were the investor’s decision to change investment from biofuel to food crops, the establishment of formal rent payment system and the running of flexible and rotational job schemes for community members. On the other hand, Kpachaa saw conflict reversal through corporate interventions towards infrastructure development, inputs and technical support, jobs and training programmes and derestricted communal access to unused land spaces and economic trees for local livelihood sustainability. Based on the findings, the study argues that the establishment of land conflict reversal guidelines (in which corporate investors play a key role in tackling conflicts) could help in mitigating land conflicts in Ghana and other countries subjected to large-scale land investments 1 .

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从冲突到合作：加纳大规模土地投资对土地冲突逆转的轨迹

摘要 在加纳及其他地区，通过大规模土地投资对土地冲突及其影响进行了研究。然而，与土地投资的负面冲突影响相反，冲突逆转干预的有效性在学术和政策辩论中很少受到关注。这导致了关于土地冲突逆转途径和结果的文献空白。因此，本研究使用基于定性方法的案例研究设计来介绍加纳的两个大规模土地收购社区（即 Agogo 和 Kpachaa），在这些社区中，企业投资者采取了多种措施来调解与农村居民的冲突，以及次要影响后果。该研究确定，企业社会责任 (CSR) 干预措施和利益分享机制的实施对相关社区的土地冲突产生了降级影响。在 Agogo 的案例中，人们注意到冲突逆转路径是投资者决定将投资从生物燃料转向粮食作物、建立正式的租金支付系统以及为社区成员运行灵活和轮换的工作计划。另一方面，Kpachaa 通过企业对基础设施开发、投入和技术支持、就业和培训计划的干预以及取消对未使用土地空间和经济树木的公共访问限制，以实现当地生计可持续性，从而扭转了冲突。根据调查结果，