Investment or Land Grabbing? The Challenges of Agricultural Production and Food Security in Africa

Nov 7, 2014 | Pan-African Roundtable Dialogue
Dakar, Senegal

IDEP is convening the second pan-African Roundtable dialogue on the theme “Investment or Land Grabbing? The challenges of Agricultural Production and Food Security in Africa”  which will take place from 5th to 7th of November 2014, in Dakar, Senegal. This Round table mark the second of the series of high level pan African round table dialogues on land issues in the 21st century. This policy dialogues series is a joint initiative of the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) and the Archie Mafeje Research Institute (AMRI), in collaboration with the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute (TMALI), the University of South Africa (UNISA) Foundation, the Arab-Africa Research Centre (AARC), the African Institute of Agrarian Studies (AIAS), the Institute of Global Dialogue (IDG) and the Council for the Development of Social Science Research In Africa (CODESRIA). The first Pan-African Roundtable Dialogue took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in June 2013, under the theme “ Land Reform, Land Grabbing and Agricultural Development in Africa in the 21st Century”.

During this second edition, discussions will be focused on the Challenges of Agricultural Production and Food Security in Africa. The event will bring together academics and policy practitioners including officials from regional and continental inter-governmental organisations.

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