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Africa: World Bank to Strengthen Focus on Land Rights
IPS, 8 April 2013
The World Bank will be placing stronger emphasis on issues of land tenure and socially and environmentally sustainable agricultural investing, it announced Monday. Read more »
World Bank to Address Poor Land Governance
The World Bank says it is strengthening its approach to land tenure and governance to limit the exploitation of vulnerable groups as a result of poor land governance systems.
Smallholder farmers from Swazilands eastern Lubombo District are using conservation techniques to grow crops other than maize.
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Africa: World Bank Group Confab Opens in Washington D.C.
New Dawn, 9 April 2013
According to a press statement issued in Monrovia, the President of the Bank Dr. Jim Yong Kim, said by 2050, the world will have two billion more people to feed, noting to do that,… Read more »
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East Africa: Strategize On World Bank Report On Agriculture
EA Business, 13 March 2013
Last week, the World Bank released a report that stated that Africa's farmers and agribusinesses could create a trillion-dollar food market by 2030. The report titled 'Growing… Read more »
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Rwanda: Farmers to Get Fertile Gishwati Forest Land
New Times, 18 March 2013
The Government is set to dole out 6,000 hectares of fertile land in Gishwati to residents in Western Province as part of broader efforts to boost welfare and protect the forest. Read more »
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Rwanda: Rwanda to Host Africa Agribusiness Forum
New Times, 18 March 2013
Rwanda will this year host a pan-African Agribusiness forum aimed at sharing best practices and investment opportunities among the country participants, the European Marketing… Read more »
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Africa: Brics Grab African Land and Sovereignty
Fahamu, 28 March 2013
BRICS states, except Russia, are enhancing and facilitating land grabs abroad in a way that is inconsistent with their proclamations of sustainable development, cooperation… Read more »
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Africa: Can Africa Satisfy Its Hunger?
DW, 28 March 2013
Africa frequently experiences food shortages, although its 900 million farmers could feed the continent, as well as supplying other parts of the world. But for this to happen they… Read more »
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Namibia: German Government Offers Support to Land Reform
Namibia Economist, 27 March 2013
The German government has established a support policy to assist the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement in the equal and fair distribution of land to disadvantaged communal… Read more »
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Africa: World Bank Refuses Call to Halt Land Deals
IPS, 5 October 2012
The World Bank has rejected a call to suspend its involvement in large scale agricultural land acquisition following the release of a major report by the international aid agency… Read more »
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Africa: Invest in Farmers, Not in Farmland
AlertNet, 21 March 2012
"Land grabs" are now one of the biggest issues in Africa. Read more »
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Foreign-backed agriculture projects to grow food and biofuels for export may result in millions of people losing access to water sources that they rely on for their livelihoods, a ... Read more »
