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TOPIC: In Madagascar, civil society through the Collectif Tany believes that: "Ensuring better access to land so that local communities can live with dignity and feed the nation cannot be confused with the establishment of "land markets". "in neoliberal sauce", while for Marcelle Ayo, the representative of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an organization of the World Bank Group, in Madagascar: "Of course the Malagasy must first own their land, but there is enough room for larger farms. It is also to make the legal framework clear for foreign investors who circumvent this ban anyway. It wastes everyone's money. *1»
In most of African countries, the sale of arable land has become a new form of colonization of the continent. So much so that there are many countries selling off their land to investors or other foreign countries.
QUESTION: Should African countries sell their land or rather rent it to investors or other foreign countries and on the basis of what legislative arsenal to stop complaining tomorrow about the grabbing of their land? What should be the role of civil society so that the land now touted by the World Bank as a tool for Africa's development does not turn into a weapon against Africa in the years to come, like the Structural Adjustment Programs? (SAP) of a certain era?
By The Editorial Board
*1 – RFI, La société civile malgache veut protéger les terres face aux investisseurs étrangers (Malagasy civil society wants to protect land from foreign investors), Published on: 30/05/2022 - 07:43 : https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20220530-la-soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9-civile-malgache-veut-prot%C3%A9ger-les-terres-face-aux-investisseurs-%C3%A9trangers?fbclid=IwAR0jUKFm_M3qhIY-0GUri81V3otoQYD0-8cK2jO_s3f7GTj0sHbhjJky214&ref=fb
