Loss of Fertile Land Fuels ‘Looming Crisis’ Across Africa - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/world/africa/africa-climate-change-kenya-land-disputes.html
Climate change, soil degradation and rising wealth are shrinking the amount of usable land in Africa. But the number of people who need it is rising fast.
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
Large groups of people are on the move, desperate for usable land. Data from NASA satellites reveals an overwhelming degradation of agricultural land throughout Africa, with one recent study showing that more than 40 million Africans are trying to survive off land whose agricultural potential is declining.
