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New agricultural trend puts Africans’ land rights at risk

A farmer at Kano West Irrigation scheme in Kisumu. Private sector investment in agriculture and infrastructure can boost the rural economy. PHOTO | MOSES ODHIAMBO

Agriculture in Africa is in urgent need of investment. Nearly 550 million people there are dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods, while half of the total population on the continent live in rural areas.

The adoption of a framework called the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) by Africa’s leaders in 2003 confirmed that agriculture is crucial to the continent’s development prospects.

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