ABSTRACT Since the triple crises of food, fuel and finance of 2007/8, investments in agricultural growth corridors have taken centre-stage in government, donor and private sector initiatives. This article examines the politics of the multi-billion dollar development of the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT). The corridor’s proponents aim to create an environment in which agribusiness will operate alongside smallholders to improve food security and environmental sustainability, while reducing rural poverty. Based on three case studies, comprising one of a small-scale dairy company and two large-scale sugar companies, all operating with smallholders, this paper interrogates the political dynamics that shape the implementation of SAGCOT on the ground; in particular, the multiple contestations among bureaucrats, investors and smallholders over access to land and other resources, and contending visions for agricultural commercialisation. Despite the widespread support it received from government, donors and investors, the paper argues that SAGCOT’s grand modernist vision of the corridor, centred on the promotion of large-scale estates, has unravelled through contestations and negotiations on the ground.

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官僚，投资者和小农：在坦桑尼亚南部农业增长走廊争夺土地权和农业商业化

摘要自2007/8年粮食，燃料和金融三重危机以来，对农业增长走廊的投资已成为政府，捐助者和私营部门计划的中心阶段。本文考察了坦桑尼亚南部农业增长走廊（SAGCOT）数十亿美元发展的政治。走廊的支持者旨在创造一种环境，在这种环境下，农业综合企业将与小农户一起运作，以改善粮食安全和环境可持续性，同时减少农村贫困。基于三个案例研究，其中包括一个由小型奶牛公司之一和两个大型制糖公司组成，并且全部由小农经营，本文探讨了塑造SAGCOT在当地实施的政治动力。特别是官僚之间的多重竞争，投资者和小农获得土地和其他资源的机会，并争夺农业商业化的愿景。尽管得到了政府，捐助者和投资者的广泛支持，但该论文认为，SAGCOT的宏伟的现代主义走廊愿景以促进大型房地产为中心，已经通过现场的竞争和谈判得以解散。