Continental Initiative

1. Background In many jurisdictions, land is key to economic growth, food security and livelihoods. This is particularly so for Africa where the economies of most countries are driven by agricultural

In an earlier blog (Land Policies in Africa should be inclusive and promote development), I mentioned that Eastern Africa, through the East African Community (EAC), needs to domesticate/mainstream the

Land policies in Africa should mind the rights of the poor, women and youth In the Eighth African Development Forum (ADF-VIII) held in Addis Abba on 23-25th October, large-scale land-based investments

I visited Burkina in 2008 in support of the formulation phase of the "Framework and Guidelines on Land Policy in Africa." I am back, this time in support of an initiative to help develop an implementation

In December 2008, there was talk of Kenya leasing 100, 000 acres of land on the Tana River Delta to Qatar. Debate on this escalated in 2009, with local activists lobbying hard against this prospect.