This paper deals with the consequences arising from large-scale land acquisition for the production of biofuels for affected farmers – especially in terms of gender relations. Based on a case study in the Asante Akim North District in Ghana, specific implications for men and women are being analysed under the framework of Feminist Political Ecology in order to reveal gender related implications for the access to and use of natural resources, as well as for the underlying power relations. The study concludes that land transactions lead to a destabilisation of community structures and a shift in and manifestation of existing gender relations. In addition, new dependencies and power relations are being established.

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