#LandSqueeze : The hidden battle for Africa’s soils

'Land grabbing is not just back with a vengeance. It is taking on new guises such as carbon offsets, green hydrogen, & other #greengrabs '—our experts Dr Susan Chomba & Million Belay write in African Arguments
africanarguments.org/2024/06/land-s…

#Landgrabbing is not just back with a vengeance in #Africa . It is taking on new guises such as #carbonoffsets , #greenhydrogen schemes, and other “ #greengrabs ”.

By Dr Susan Chomba (@WorldResources) and Million Belay (@Afsafrica)

africanarguments.org/2024/06/land-s…

'Today’s land squeeze is escalating dangerously in new and varying forms – including for #carbon and #biodiversity offsetting schemes (...) Already 20% of large land deals are “green grabs”, often targeting indigenous lands – and this could soar in the coming years.'

This afternoon!
#agroecology & #ClimateAction

A series of new pressures on global farmland, such as a new wave of land & green grabs and exploding land prices, are driving a “land squeeze” that is worsening land inequality, rural poverty & food insecurity, warns a new report released by IPES-Food: bit.ly/GAlsqu

#Landgrabbing is back in the headlines. 15 years on from the ‘land rush’, a multi-pronged global land squeeze is forcing #farmers and communities off the #land .

Nick Jacobs on why are the pressures ramping up again now:
ipes-food.org/land-grabbing-…

Food systems contribute to a third of global GHG emissions, and while voluntary commitments were made at COP28, we need more attention on sustainable food systems, including #agroecology , as a climate solution. Read more in this article from IPES-Food: ipes-food.org/we-cannot-affo…

As governments draw up action plans to tackle #climate #biodiversity & #desertification crises, they must support #agroecology to combat all 3 together.

Join our event to discuss 'the Road to Belém & Beyond'

📅3 June, 16:15 CEST
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Food policy expert Jennifer Clapp from IPES-Food says the power lies in these middle spaces and are 'the arbitrage between the buyers and sellers and have influence on the scale which farmers grow and what practices they use.'

🔴An oil-funded think tank backed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is involved in organising widespread farmer protests in the run-up to the EU elections, DeSmog can reveal.

🧵on our latest with the excellent Marta Kasztelan and Joey Grostern
desmog.com/2024/05/02/orb…

⏰ *TODAY 2pm CEST!*

What is driving unprecedented pressure on farmland, and what can be done to achieve equitable access to land?

Join this webinar with our experts, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation & people on the frontlines of global land struggles.
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📣 Are you joining our side event next week?
Come along or join online to discuss the Road to Belem and beyond: financing and leveraging #agroecology .
👉 Find out more and register: buff.ly/3WUOQRf
Biovision Foundation IPES-Food WWF Global Alliance for the Future of Food

TOMORROW!
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Check out this by Nick from IPES-Food on land squeeze - an updated assessment of what's going on with land concentration globally.
Here, Nick pulls out the core points and introduces European relevancies
arc2020.eu/land-grabbing-…

The world’s farmland is facing unprecedented ecological and economic pressures. A new report from IPES-Food sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation takes a closer look at these pressures and puts forward transformative measures to alleviate them. rosalux.de/en/publication…

🌱The Road to Belem and beyond: financing and leveraging #agroecology .
Don't miss this upcoming hybrid event!
📅 3 June, 16:15 – 17:30 CEST
👉Find out more: agroecology-coalition.org/events/

Have you registered for our online discussion on #LandSqueeze yet?
📅28/5/2024
🕑8am EST | 14h CEST | 5.30pm IST
📍Zoom
🤝Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Dr Susan Chomba Nettie Wiebe Dineo Skosana Rukka sombolinggi
👇ipes-food.org/land-squeeze-e…

🔴Land crunch poses another threat to world’s #foodsecurity .

“This is reaching a tipping point small and medium scale farming are simply being squeezed out,” says Nettie Wiebe.

Learn more about the 🆕IPES-Food report
bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Land inequality is on the rise. The farmers & communities who deliver food security and steward the land are being forced out.
Read more in IPES-Food’s latest report on the unprecedented pressure on farmland & possible ways forward: ipes-food.org/report/land-sq…
#LandSqueeze

Who speaks on behalf of Europe's varied farmers, in whose interests?

Important investigation by Lighthouse Reports finds it's 'a few people who bear little resemblance to the average farmer. They are much wealthier, sit on the boards of multiple companies & have close links with #BigAg '