By: Mike Cohen and Eric Ombok
Date: February 24th 2016
Source: Business Day Live
JOSEPHINE Mbinya bends from the waist to pluck beans from the black soil on her smallholding south of Nairobi. She throws them in a heap on the side of the field.
"We depend on the farm for all our needs," says Mbinya…
By: David Lawal
Date: February 24th 2016
Source: The Nation
The city of Abuja, under the auspices of the Government of Nigeria, is about to host a strategic event vital to the future of Africa and its citizens.
The Habitat III Africa Regional Meeting of 24-26 February is a crucial spur to the…
By: Ben Ezeamalu
Date: February 29th 2016
Source: Citiscope.org
A key regional meeting ahead of Habitat III resulted in a forward-looking declaration and a landmark document outlining a shared regional stance.
ABUJA, Nigeria — Participants at the Habitat III regional meeting for Africa rose at…
Date: 1er mars 2016
Source: Malijet
Par Essor
Ils présentent de sérieux inconvénients dont la déforestation accélérée, le renchérissement des denrées alimentaires dans le monde, la dégradation des conditions de travail de nombreux producteurs agricoles
L’enfer des biocarburants est-il pavé de…
Date: 02 mars 2016
Source: Sputnik
Nombreux sont les pays africains qui connaissent cette tendance inquiétante d'accaparement des terres arables, un processus d'ampleur qui risque de mettre les générations futures dans une situation où les terres cultivables devront être louées.
Alors que la…
By: Admin
Date: March 4th 2016
Source: News Ghana
A two-week programme on gender and land rights to enhance the analytical skills of young academicians is underway at the University of Cape Coast.
The School, on the theme: “Re-Activating Gender-sensitive research on land commodification, land…
Publicado a 09/02/2016 às 16:45 por Ana Teresa Vaz
Este conjunto de seminários tem como objectivo apresentar as recentes reconfigurações da divisão internacional da produção alimentar e de comodities, as formas de penetração do capital nos países em desenvolvimento e os processos de resistência/…
2016/03/14
Fonte: Macauhub
Foto: Macauhub
China e Brasil bem posicionados para impulsionar agricultura em África
A China e o Brasil são dois países que estão bem posicionados para impulsionar a agricultura em África, sector cujo crescimento é encarado como vital para o desenvolvimento do…
Source: ACBio, 3 April 2016
Posted in Seed Freedom on April 4, 2016
Image source: https://acbio.org.za/corporate-expansion/africa-lose-heritage-crops-multinationals-donating-gm-technology/
AFRICA TO LOSE HERITAGE CROPS TO MULTINATIONALS ‘DONATING’ GM TECHNOLOGY…
The African Centre for…
EuropeAid. Democracia. Direitos humanos. África.
Fonte: financiamentointernacional
Prazo: Até 13 de Maio de 2016.
EuropeAid – Engaging civil society in Pan-African issues.
No âmbito do Programa Pan-Africano, a Comissão europeia lançou um convite à apresentação de propostas que reforcem o papel da…
Addressing land policy is critical for a world without hunger, for climate resilience and sustainable urbanization. Policy-makers’ awareness of the importance of land governance has grown over the last years. Key milestones include the African Land Policy Initiative (LPI), established by the…
Date: 15 avril 2016
Source: Scidev.net
Par Akossiwa Kpegli
"Dans un contexte de changement climatique et de sécheresse, il est important que chaque femme, et chaque jeune ait accès à la terre pour éviter la famine. Si cette question n’est pas résolue, nous ne pouvons pas atteindre le droit à…