Mødet er afholdt:
Debatmøde om udenlandske investeringer i Afrikas landbrug
IDA Global Development 19. marts 2015 kl. 17:00i Ingeniørhuset Kalvebod Brygge 31-33. København V. Du kan tilmelde på dette link på IDA hjemmesiden ved at trykke “tilmelding” øverst til højre (arr.nr. 313837). Gratis for medlemmer af IDA Global Development, studerende 50kr. og øvrige 250 kr.
Hvorfor investerer udenlandske virksomheder og fonde i afrikansk landbrug? Og hvad kommer der ud af investeringerne? Kom til mødet og få perspektiverne fra dem med jord under neglene og det store overblik.
På mødet diskuteres dette vigtige tema med indlæg af Professor Per Pinstrup-Andersen fra Cornell university; Peter Bernstorff, der driver landbrug i Zambia samt civil samfundsrepræsentant Oliva Kinabo, der i Tanzania arbejder med små-bønder og nomader, der lever af landbrug og kvægbrug.
Programme 19 March:
17.00: Welcome by IDA Global Development
17.00- 17.30: The contribution of Danish farmers & investors to food production in Africa. Challenges and opportunities. Case of Somawhe farm, Zambia by Count Peter Bernstorff.
17.30 – 18.00: International land acquisition in Africa by Professor Per Pinstrup-Andersen
18.00 – 18.30: Sandwhich
18.30 – 19.00: Impact of Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) agri business programme on rural livelihoods in Tanzania by Oliva Kinabo, Coordinator of CARE’s Land Programme
19.00 – 20.00: Discussion and networking.
Background for the meeting
After decades of neglect, many Sub Saharan African countries find themselves in the paradoxical situation that they have plenty of fertile land but cannot feed their own population and therefore rely on import of food – sometimes even subsidized from OECD countries. They also rely on food assistance in times of crisis. Moreover, food insecurity is pervasive in many parts of rural Africa; many small scale and low productivity farmers face challenges in covering household consumption needs let alone producing sufficient food for the urban population.
Since mid-2000s Sub Saharan Africa has experienced an increasing interest in investments in agriculture by foreign agri-business and the private sector. While there is uncertainty about the magnitude of investments in Africa various studies estimate that over the last decade global foreign large scale land acquisitions for food and fuel production amount to a total of 20 – 40 million hectares.
Multiple factors such as development aid deficits, global food crisis and population growth are fuelling the interest for private sector investments in the agricultural sector with the purpose of creating jobs and food production. At the same time market dynamics including the promotion of biofuels as alternative energy source have created an international market for out sourcing food and fuel production to areas of the world where land is cheap and conceived off as abundant. As a result of this, various forms of investments in the agricultural sector are emerging supported by bilateral donors, multilateral institutions and private sector agro-business giants as well as NGOs.
This IDA Global Development Meeting focuses in on these trends by bringing in practitioners, investors and academia to discuss and exchange perspectives on key questions such as; are foreign private investments in agriculture contributing to economic development, food production and job creation? What impact does it have on rural livelihoods and food security? How can governments, development partners and the private sector support sustainable growth for food production and food security?