Kufanya Uwekezaji kuwa wa Manufaa kwa Afrika: Jibu la Mbunge kuhusu “Unyakuzi wa Ardhi”

The document details the outcomes of a July 2011 seminar on 'land grabs' in Africa, highlighting how large-scale foreign investments often undermine local land rights, water access, and gender equality. It argues that current investment models frequently lack transparency and fail to deliver promised socio-economic benefits. The report calls for a temporary moratorium on large-scale land acquisitions, the adoption of the Maputo Declaration's 10% budget allocation for agriculture, and a stronger role for parliamentarians in overseeing contracts and protecting community rights.

• Large-scale foreign land acquisitions in Africa, often termed 'land grabs,' have reached significant proportions, with estimates suggesting 50 million hectares have been allocated to investors in Africa alone.
• Foreign investments frequently undermine traditional land rights because African governments often claim ownership of the land and sign lease agreements without the consent or involvement of the actual land users.
• Investment in agricultural land is heavily driven by the need for water, leading to competition between large-scale investors and local users for water resources, particularly in the Senegal, Niger, and Congo river basins.
• Women are disproportionately negatively affected by land acquisitions due to weaker land tenure rights and their exclusion from decision-making processes and compensation schemes.
• There is a critical lack of transparency in investment contracts, which are often signed secretly, preventing parliamentarians and the public from reviewing terms and ensuring accountability.
• Foreign investors rarely fulfill promises to create local jobs or transfer technology; instead, they often replace labor with machinery or hire low-wage workers from outside the affected community.
• The document emphasizes the need for African nations to meet the Maputo Declaration's goal of allocating 10% of national budget resources to agriculture to reduce dependency on foreign aid.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2011). Kufanya Uwekezaji kuwa wa Manufaa kwa Afrika: Jibu la Mbunge kuhusu “Unyakuzi wa Ardhi”. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/land_grabs_africa_sw.pdf

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. Kufanya Uwekezaji kuwa wa Manufaa kwa Afrika: Jibu la Mbunge kuhusu “Unyakuzi wa Ardhi”. 2011. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/land_grabs_africa_sw.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2011kufanya, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{Kufanya Uwekezaji kuwa wa Manufaa kwa Afrika: Jibu la Mbunge kuhusu “Unyakuzi wa Ardhi”}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2011}, month = oct, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/land_grabs_africa_sw.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }