I am compelled by the murder of Mr. Andre Meyer, 49, a Zimbabwean British Investor in Ghana, to release this four-part article prematurely. My condolence to the bereaved family, friends, and well-wishers. My personal circumstances compelled me to protest this situation and presented two petitions to Ghana’s Legislative Assembly of which one was on land …
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Tag Archive: Land grabs
Nov 15
Large tracts of land being acquired for bio-fuel production in Ghana
A day sensitization and awareness creation on alienation of communal land and its implications on livelihood and forms of rights and interests has been held at Koforidua.
Oct 19
UN body delays efforts to regulate land grabs
ROME (Reuters) – A U.N. intergovernmental body on food security has failed to adopt international guidelines on land governance, delaying efforts to regulate so-called land-grabbing as investors race to snap up agricultural land.
Sep 22
Oxfam warns about effects of ‘land rush’
An increasing number of land deals are displacing farmers and leaving poor communities homeless, campaigning charity Oxfam has warned.
Sep 07
Demand for Renewable Energy Could Drive More Land Grabs
Rising demand for the dominant form of renewable energy worldwide – wood – could drive yet more acquisitions of land in developing countries where food insecurity is rising and land rights are weak, say researchers at the International Institute for Environment and Development.
Aug 09
Arable Land Deals With the West Bad for Food Security
The thriving market for land for commercial agriculture in East and West Africa is now seen as a threat to food security as rural populations are pushed off prime land.
Jul 27
Land grabs threaten African food security, says World Watch
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 27 (UPI) — Large land grabs by foreign countries and corporate entities are endangering food security in sub-Saharan Africa, an area already under pressure from famine, drought and endemic conflict, the State of the World 2011 report said.
May 10
The New Geopolitics of Food
From the Middle East to Madagascar, high prices are spawning land grabs and ousting dictators. Welcome to the 21st-century food wars.
Apr 20
Global Food Crisis, Biofuels and Land Grabs in Ghana
How consecutive governments have allowed and fuelled the rape of Ghanaians The time has never been riper for the people of Ghana to speak out about the terrible negligence of consecutive governments who have allowed horrendous land grabs by foreign nationals for the production of questionable biofuels from jatropha while the world is facing a …