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Drying Out African Lands: Expansion of Large-Scale Agriculture Threatens Access to Water in Africa

As the escalating climate crisis threatens access to water for millions across Africa, Drying Out African Lands: Expansion of Large-Scale Agriculture Threatens Access to Water in Africa unveils the devastating impact of large-scale agricultural plantations on the right to water on the continent. Since the 2007-2008 food crisis, Africa has been the primary destination of private international investors for large-scale agriculture schemes...

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Menace sur les eaux africaines : comment l’expansion de l’agriculture industrielle assèche l’Afrique
Rural Women’s Associations and Sustainable Agriculture in Casamance

Rural Women’s Associations and Sustainable Agriculture in Casamance

An innovative community program supporting rural women’s associations boosts gender equality and provides resources that facilitate family and community well being.

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The West African Integrated Production and Pest Management Program (IPPM)

The West African Integrated Production and Pest Management Program (IPPM)

Successful implementation of field-based learning in Farmer Field Schools (FFS) has facilitated ecologically resilient farming systems in West Africa.

World Bank's Bad Business in Senegal

Senegal has made numerous reforms in an effort to garner a higher ranking in the Doing Business evaluation. The latest round of reforms, likely to be praised by the World Bank, favor land grabbing in Senegal, a country where large-scale land deals have become increasingly frequent in the recent years. Since the late 1980s, the World Bank has influenced the Senegalese public policy at the expense of households’ livelihoods, and in recent years...

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Surrendering Our Future: Senhuile-Senethanol Plantation Destroys Local Communities and Jeopardizes Environment

Senhuile-Senéthanol, an agribusiness company, has been setting up agro-industrial plantations in the Saint-Louis region of northwest Senegal since July 2010. Owned by a complex maze of companies and individuals with ties to numerous countries around the world, including Italy, United States, Brazil, and Panama, the company holds a lease for 20,000 hectares of land. From the very inception of the project, Senhuile-Senéthanol has faced stiff...

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Blog

Community Resistance to Senhuile Land Grab Sparks Hope in Senegal

Thursday, September 1, 2016 Alice Martin-Prével

Senegalese agro-pastoralists are striking wins against Senhuile SA, a foreign-owned agribusiness company established in Ndiaël, Saint-Louis Region of Senegal. In 2012, Senhuile obtained a 50 year lease on 20,000 hectares for a sweet potato plantation in a forest and wetland reserve, which was partially declassified to establish agribusiness activities.

Senegal Land Grab: Will Foreign Company Survive an Embezzling Employee and Local Protests?

Wednesday, May 21, 2014 Jettie Word

Senhuile, a foreign-owned agriculture company operating in Senegal , announced on April 28, 2014 that it had “revoked” its CEO Benjamin Dummai. A few weeks later Senegalese authorities arrested Dummai on charges of embezzling almost half a million dollars. Senhuile not only faces bankruptcy because of Dummai’s criminal behavior, but must also address the mounting pressure from local communities opposing its industrial agricultural plantations...

Press Releases and Public Statements

Des communautés locales du Sénégal exigent la restitution de leurs terres acquises par une société américaine

Local Communities in Senegal Demand the Return of their Land Acquired by US Firm

Un nouveau rapport révèle la menace que font poser les grandes plantations agricoles sur l'accès à l'eau en Afrique

New Report Reveals the Threat of Large-Scale Agriculture Schemes on Access to Water in Africa

Communiqué de Presse: Le Directeur Général de Senhuile Arrêté pour Détournement de Fonds

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Media

Counter Streams: Organizing the Dakar 2022 Alternative World Water Forum

Transition

DRYING OUT AFRICAN LANDS: Expansion of Large-Scale Agriculture Threatens Access To Water In Africa

A Rude Awakening

World Water Day: CSOs, Activists Oppose Multinational Companies' Quest to Commodify Water in Africa

International Centre for Investigative Reporting

Les Propriétaires Terriens Privés Soulèvent l’Indignation au Sénégal

IRIN

Fury over Senegal’s Private Land Buyers

IRIN

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Documentation and Contracts

Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Senhuile