**6.2 Factors attracting land grabbing by local Investors in the Region**

It is important to note that the study lays emphasis on the acquisition of large-scale land by local investors including elites in the local communities. In the North West Region, local investors have acquired great portions of land for the cultivation of agricultural plantations [10] including tea and palm plantations. One key common phenomenon that is also responsible for the acquisition of large-scale land in the region is the advent and presence of cattle grazers who are also responsible for grabbing large portions of cultivable land in the region. Land grabbing by cattle grazers, it is observed, is commonplace in all the Divisions in the Region and raises critical challenges with food crop production particularly with women, who are mainly responsible for subsistence food crop production. As confirmed by the interviews, a
