Policy makers speak out on Africa's land blueprint

Experts attending the inaugural Conference on Land Policy in Africa concurred that the African Union-led Guiding Principles on Large Scale Land Based Investments in Africa should serve as "the blueprint for improving land governance on the continent and be contextualized and operationalized in their respective countries." The conference attracted over 300 youth, academia, government officials, traditional leaders, diplomats, women advocates, private sector, civil society and the media for four days of in-depth discussions, presentations of research findings and sharing best-practices on land acquisition, use, management and administration at the Headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.