Promises, Power, and Poverty: Corporate land deals and rural women in Africa
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2013-04-09Keywords
AgricultureLivelihoods
Agroforestry
Food production
Food security
Inequality
Investment
Land rights
Smallholder agriculture
Women farmers
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Oxfam InternationalDocument type
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The rush to invest in farmland in Africa is having an immediate impact on women’s land-use options, on their livelihoods, on food availability and the cost of living, and, ultimately, on women’s access to land for food production. These are only the economic impacts. Women’s knowledge, socio-cultural relationship with the land, and stewardship of nature are also under threat. Too often ignored, rural women’s voices and perspectives need to be heeded urgently if a robust rural economy and food for all are to be guaranteed.