By: Stephen Yeboah
Date: August 23rd 2016
Source: The Conversation
The interaction between artisanal (small scale) mining and agriculture in Africa still needs to be carefully considered by policy makers to ensure that people’s livelihoods and countries' export revenues aren’t threatened. It’s…
Date: 21 aout 2016
Source: RFI
Une société saoudienne envisage l'achat de 120 000 hectares de terre dans la région de Diffa à l'extrême-est du Niger. Alors que les autorités soutiennent que le projet s’inscrit dans le cadre de la lutte contre l’insécurité alimentaire, des protestations s'…
By: Bill Vorley
Date: August 31st 2016
Source: The Guardian
Global brands have attempted to work more closely with low-income farmers in Africa, but informal markets may offer better terms
Linking low-income communities to the supply chains of large corporations - so-called inclusive business…
By: Holly Miller
Date: September 16th 2016
Source: Women's Agenda
Imagine being told you couldn’t own something because you’re a woman. Being kicked from your land and your home for not being a man.
This is not something that women in rural communities across Africa have to imagine. Despite…
By: Helen Tugendhat, Forest Peoples Programme
Date: September 23rd 2016
Source: Brettonwoods Project
World Bank grants waiver of indigenous peoples policy for Tanzania project
US abstains from vote on project waiver
Indigenous peoples highlight lack of consent, question protection of…
By: Edwin Genoway, Jr
Date: September 28th 2016
Source: Front Page Africa
Monrovia - A two-day dialogue on large scale land acquisitions in Liberia started Tuesday at a local restaurant in Sinkor.
The dialogue, which attracted representatives of civil society groups, government officials and…
By: Gabriella Mulligan
Date: September 23rd 2016
Source: BBC News
Farming can be a tough enough business at the best of times, but imagine not being able to prove that the land you farm is even yours.
In Ghana, for example, only 10% of smallholder farmers have any kind of certificate documenting…
By: Sarah McColl
Date: October 7th 2016
Source: Take Part
Organizers of the Mt. Kilamanjaro ascent promise to take "the issues of rural women farmers to the top.”
In acts of resistance and solidarity, U.S. protesters have crossed bridges, marched to the seashore, and assembled at the reflecting…
Date: 12 octobre 2016
Source: Agence Ecofin
L’Afrique reste la région la plus touchée par le phénomène des acquisitions de terres agricoles à grande échelle, selon le projet Land Matrix lancé par cinq organisations internationales, dont le Centre de coopération internationale en recherche…
By: Jean d'Amour Mbonyinshuti
Date: October 12th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The New Times
Rwandan rural women, together with their counterparts from various countries on the continent, will today convene at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in an effort to advocate for unrestricted…
Las mujeres rurales deben estar orgullosas porque gracias a su valor y al trabajo de sus manos están alimentando a África. El fortalecimiento de las capacidades de las mujeres rurales es esencial, no solo para que puedan gestionar los ingresos agrícolas, sino también para mejorar el rendimiento de…
By: Katy Migiro
Date: October 13th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
A group of women is to climb to the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro to call on African governments to improve female access to and control over land
NAIROBI, Oct 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hundreds of women from more…