Globalisation of Land and Food Security Challenges in Africa

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 and services. Going by the basic tenets of international trade and subjection of Africa to agrarian society, Africa and Africans should be left with their arable land for the production of food for the rest of the world, but only to receive technological inputs from the West for precision agricultural practice. The paper concludes that Africa can remain a basket of food for the global system provided relevant inputs are available to the continent from the West.