ABSTRACT
China and Brazil have framed their increasingly visible role in agricultural development in Africa as South–South cooperation (SSC). This chapter uses the restructuring of agriculture within China and Brazil as a backdrop against which to explore contestation associated with their agricultural development cooperation within Africa. To examine the various forms of contestations that occur under the framework of SSC the chapter focuses on irrigated rice production in south-east Ghana. This includes three irrigation projects – Ashiaman, Dahwenya, and Afife/Weta – and the surrounding areas. The chapter examines various attempts to promote modern rice development in these areas, attempts which reflect a multipolar world, where production is dominated by private sector investment from various sources, including southern ventures. Commercial rice production in Ghana emerged from the country's close relations with China in the 1960s, relations that were part of the struggle to build a world front against imperialism.
