1. The sell-out of African land
Concerning Developments in EU policy

2. New Alliance on Food Security and Nutrition
EU involvement
New Alliance on Food Security and Nutrition
World Bank
Agri-business

3. The Power of Agri-Business
Worldwide more than 40 million ha of land is currently purchased, leased or granted through concessions in large-scale transnational deals.
Another 20 million ha is under negotiation
Together this is two times the size of Italy!
Roughly half of these land acquisitions are located in Africa
71 percent of African land acquisitions is in hands of foreign investors

4. World Bank
International financial institution with the objective of reducing poverty
Controversy in neoliberal agenda
Structural Adjustments Programs (SAPs) 1980s – 2002
Washington Consensus
Investments in private sector
Foreign direct investment, focus on “trade not aid”
Large-scale private investments instead of small-scale
Annual doing Business (DB) ranking of countries & Benchmarking the Business of Agriculture (BBA) as key tools

5. Doing Business (DB) & Benchmarking the Business of Agriculture (BBA)
DB: Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business for SMEs BBA: The ease of producing, selling and buying of agricultural products
“One size fits all”
Inconsistencies in ranking
Normative nature
Guides funding by bank and other donors
“Race to the bottom” phenomenon for social and ecologic safeguards
DB -> Out of 189 countries ranked, 42 out of 47 Sub-Saharan countries are in the bottom half!

6. New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition
Launched by G8 in 2012
To increase agricultural productivity
To take 50 million out of poverty
Agribusiness as key player to realise these goals
Monsanto, Coca Cola, Nestlé,…
Concessions from African governments: Changing seeds, land and tax laws
Small-scale farmer left out
Main food producers & consumers in many African countries

7. Declaration against New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition
Lack of transparency
Loss of food and seed sovereignty for small-scale farmers
Monoculture
Land grabbing
Food production ≠ Food nutrition
Less tax revenues for development policy …

8. Declaration against New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition
Endorsed by more than 100 civil society organisations