Globalisation of Land and Food Security Challenges in Africa

Abstract

Globalism and globalisation are concepts that continue to generate mixed feelings in the 21st century. While some are of the view that it is the end of history, some see it as the beginning of history because Africa is, at best, left behind in the area of sustainable development. What the continent is experiencing now is what Samir Amin describes as mal-development. For total control of means of production, the West and some Asian states have been moving to Africa to grab land in the form of leasing and total buying out for production of foods, feeds and inputs for bio-fuel. Some embark of forestry through questionable debt equity conversion strategy. Therefore, the concept that land in Africa is meant for the living, the death and the unborn has been subjected to questioning. Going by complex interdependence theory, this paper intends to look into the crises of globalization where the forces of demand and supply determines what to produce, how to produce and when to produce goods...