AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT & LAND RESOURCE MOBILIZATION IN AFRICA

Africa continent appreciates the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and gives importance to Agriculture development as a goal of SDG.

- SURESH KUMAR & DR CHANDRAKANTA K MATHUR*

Agriculture is the major land resource in Africa that leads to the production, processing, distribution, preparation and consumption of food, resulting in food systems that underpin food security. The management of land resources deals with the availability of food, access to food and its utilization (Nutritional values) so that the food systems’ mobilization is secured accordingly. The management of soil and water resources in a sustainable and equitable manner needs a new wave of land reforms with a clear political vision in Africa. The land is becoming a diminishing resource for agriculture, in spite of a growing understanding that the future of food security will depend upon the sustainable management of land resources as well as the conservation of prime farmland for agriculture. The U.N. Committee on Food Security (CFS) has highlighted Land Tenure and International Investments in Agriculture. It analyses the potential impact of acquisitions, particularly in Africa, on food security. It has been estimated that 50 million to 80 million hectares of farmland in developing countries has been the subject of negotiations by international investors in recent years. Two-thirds of it in sub-Saharan Africa is widely recognized as a “hot spot” for endemic hunger. Along with it, Africa needs alternative food security that is possible to culture fisheries on the land that needs to mobilize the land resources as per the quality of the soil (Barren or Semi-barren land) and the availability of the water. Urbanization and globalization are causing rapid changes to food systems. The future of food security will depend upon the sustainable managem