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Peasant Movement for African Farmers may debut.to battle massive land grabbing in W/Africa

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We can get technology transfr locally by attending trainings and creating training centres - Boly

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Faliry Boly: says Administration wld say land allocation and farmers would say land grabbing.

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Why we wanr Media - We want agric issues and land grabbing to be in the papers and mind of the pple - CTA

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investment in agriculture should be continuous instead of short terms - Boro

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Those who grab lands are mainly nationals and dispels the myth that they are foreigners;

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Threats: Community traders, agri-food corporations, private investors see farmland as new revenue stream

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large scale of merchanised farms and nono-culture,
Land acquisitions create the risk to move towards no compensation

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large scale of merchanised farms and nono-culture,
Land acquisitions create the risk to move towards no compensation

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5.5m hectares are cultivated in developing countries annually

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Usually there is secrecy about this kind of deal as govt is not informing locals, ngos - Boro

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Land is essential to agriculture, few well-to do companies try to get land from poor countries in Africa. - Boro

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Least Developing Countries needs $14m for annual agric-investment - CTA

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We are going to continue briefing in short periods. Today we are going to discuss climate change etc - Boto

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If we consider land acquisition, e.g. it’s impact on women it seems they are usually given land that have been over-used,

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Climate changed must be checkd if we really consider this and more, it would help us to feed Africa - ROPPA

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B4 now, producers hv bn Xperiencing climate change & drought via reduction in agric production

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This briefing is expected to educate policy makers in development issues, esp in APC countries.

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for EU-CTA 2 accept our request to decentralize its briefing which before now have bn at Brussels, is encouraging - ROPPA boss

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U left ur homes, U should feel at home; Farmers need to know what is needed when we talk abt climate change 'cos we are usually involved