Agricultural investment and the land rush

Making Agricultural Investment Work for Africa: A parliamentarian response to the land rush

 

Midrand, South Africa

11-14 August 2014

Since 2011, the Pan African Parliament (PAP), in cooperation with the regional parliaments, launched a campaign to raise awareness about large-scale investment in land, entitled Making Agricultural Investment Work for Africa: a parliamentarian’s response to the land rush. The Southern regional meeting is the last of the series and will be jointly organised with the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF).

The event includes a Southern Africa Regional Parliamentary Seminar and a Speakers’ Conference. Attendance is by invitation only.


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About the seminar
July 17, 2014 / Agricultural investment and the land rush
On 11 – 12 August 2014, parliamentarians of the Southern African Development Community-Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) and the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) will debate strategies to ensure that foreign investment in agriculture brings benefits to local populations, including strengthening citizens’ land rights,

Background – Agricultural Investment and the Land Rush
July 1, 2014 / Agricultural investment and the land rush
In August 2014, the Southern Africa event Making Agricultural Investment Work for Africa: A parliamentarian response to the land rush is the last in a series of events organised by the Pan African Parliament. African countries and institutions, such as