Category: landgrabbing

Yengoh Genesis Tambang, researcher at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies.

Loss of land depletes the African agricultural production 

Agricultural land in Africa is highly relevant for foreign investors and the number of unreported cases of illegal land acquisitions is suspected to be high. “Deals” are not always reported and it can be difficult to find the buyers behind them. Most cases of these acquisitions occur in African countries with food shortages....