Large-scale land acquisitions worldwide evoke controversy due to its impact on communities. This thesis employs the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework to examine the coping mechanisms adopted in host communities to cope with the impact of land grabs on livelihoods. The study adopts an exploratory approach using mixed-methods design to arrive at the findings. The thesis finds the effect of land grabbing on communities to be negative. This thesis also finds that the alternative livelihood activities people have resorted to in response are not sustainable. Further, it finds that the regulatory and institutional regime guiding these land transactions has done little to assist the people to cope well with the adverse outcomes of land grabs. These findings point to the need for the establishment of precise timelines for compensation to affected people. Also, there is the need to involve the people in the decision-making process from project planning to implementation.
