EU Biofuels Policy Still Driving the Second Scramble for Africa
(ActionAid) At a seminar on biofuels in Dublin yesterday, David Barissa, a leading expert on food security and land rights from ActionAid Kenya spoke of the litany of broken promises, rights violations and destruction which have faced poor communities in Kenya as part of the second scramble for Africa.
…Against this backdrop David painted the picture of a rush for land in Africa which has been provoked by the activities of many other countries to grab land and increase their food and energy stocks. That rush is leading to increased complexity in an already complicated story of land rights struggles and additional challenges to food production and overcoming hunger.
…The obsession with foreign direct investment has meant that in Kenya, land is literally being given away for free and often with a tax break to boot. READ MORE