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1. The Water-Energy-
Food
Security Nexus
Winter Semester 2011 /
2012
Lecture Series
Conflicts over land and water: The role
of large scale investors in Africa
Dr. Michael Brüntrup,
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für
Entwicklungspolitik
Tanja Pickardt
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit
Monday, 14.11.2011
24. Conflicts over land and water: The role of large scale
investors in Africa - Risks
Tanja Pickardt
University of Cologne, 14 November 2011
25. • Background: Investments in land
Extent
Risks
Reasons for low level of partcipation of the population
– Examples from the field
Mali
Namibia
Structure
27. Large-scale land acquisitions and leases, reported area
In developing countries, 227
million hectares of land has
been reported to be sold or
leased since 2001.
(Oxfam / Land Matrix Partnership 2011)
29. Actor Motive Country of origin:
characteristics
Country of origin:
examples
State
State-owned
enterprises
Satisfy the rapidly rising demand
for food, fodder crops and
agricultural commodities
High population pressure
Strong economic growth
South Korea, Japan,
China, Vietnam,
South Africa
State
State-owned
enterprises
Reduce dependency on world
market by cultivating own food
abroad
Food importing countries with
limited land and water
resources, but high capital
endowment thanks to oil
extraction
Bahrain, Libya,
Kuwait, Katar, Saudi
Arabia
State Reduce dependency from limited
available oil resources
Mitigate climate change effects
(focus on renewable resources)
Promotion instruments for
investments from industrialised
countries
USA, EU member
states
Private Sector Secure land for the cultivation of
agricultural commodities, to
profit from high world market
prices
Entrepreneurs from
industrialised, emerging and
developing countries,
investment agencies
USA, EU member
states, emerging
and developing
countries
Private Sector To realize short term gains from
land speculation
Entrepreneurs from
industrialised, emerging and
developing countries,
investment agencies
USA, EU member
states, emerging
and developing
countries
30. • Food security and water supply endangered: Potential human right
violation
• Resettlement without compensation, forced evictions: Human right
violation
• Aggravation of land conflicts: Increased rural exodus
• Local jobs at risk: Deterioration of livelihoods
• Race to the bottom: Negative impacts on human livelihoods,
environment, ecosystems
• Discrepancy between the availability of productive land and the supply
of water for irrigation: Overconsumption of water, negative impacts on
downstream users, negative impacts on ecosystems
• Insufficient contractual provisions: Negative effects on national
economies
Many of those risks occur due to a lack of participation of the
affected population in decision-making and negotiation
Large-scale land investments: Risks
31. Reasons for a lack of participation of the local population in
negotiation, planning and implementation
• Information asymmetry and power imbalances between the
investor, the government and the affected population (the local
population is often not informed about their rights)
• Lack of information on the land rights situation (statutory law vs.
traditional land rights) as well as on sectoral plans
• Corruption
• Level of participation: often communities are “consulted” and give
their consent without being properly informed and involved in the
planning process. Principle of free, prior and informed consent ?
What level of participation is adequate ?
• Not all interest groups do have legitimate representatives, if
participation takes place
32. Case study 1: Interior Delta of the Niger River, Mali
Source: http://fr.wikipedia.org
34. Water demand and contractual arrangements in the Interior Delta
of the Niger River
• 100 000 out of 1.8 Mio. ha presently cultivated (up to 350.000 ha are
estimated to have irrigation potential )
• The total number of awarded contracts is estimated to cover 761.000 ha. 4
contracts with international investors are known to be signed, with a total
surface area of 156.000 ha. All four investments have commenced or are
about to start.
• The new investments foresee two cultivation periods / year for rice, other
cereals and sugar cane
• Sufficient water availability during rainy season (June – December)
BUT
• Water deficiency in dry season (January – Mai) already at present: critical
mark (40m³/s) is regularly exceeded (especially due to sugar cane and rice
cultivation)
• Only 2 of the existing investment contracts make provision for water
rights; those require more than half of the dry season’s critical reserve, as
well as exclusivity of service in emergency situation
35. Case study 2: Overlapping sectoral planning, unclear responsibilities and lack
of information, Namibia
36. National Park and
Conservancies
Small Scale Commercial
Farming Areas
Agro-industrial Plantation
(International Investor)
Irrigation Scheme
Caprivi Region
?