The Sierra Leone Network on the Right to Food (SiLNoRF) will on Thursday 26th June 2014 launch its Monitoring Report on the operations of the Addax Bioenergy Project in Sierra Leone. The ceremony will take place at the Makeni City Council Hall and it will start at exactly 10am. The occasion will be graced by dignitaries including the Commissioner of the Sierra Leone Human Rights Commission, Parliamentarians from the committees on Lands, Agriculture and Human rights, Valnora Edwin of Campaign for Good Governance, the chairperson of 50/50 Group. Also there will be representatives from the YWCA, Alliance on Large Land Acquisition and Transparency (ALLAT), Addax and various CSO both in and outside Makeni and hosts of others. Here is the Background to the Report The Right to Food framework in context of Land Grabbing is still very new in Sierra Leone as the country has been more focused on Political and Civil Rights and little attention has been paid to Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ECOSOC Rights) which made much emphasis on the Right to Food and land rights in Sierra Leone. This has been the key factor for the low level of awareness of people about issues of Right to Food and Land Rights/Land Grabbing. Through previous engagements and most importantly, in April 2011, SiLNoRF participated in an “Independent Study of the Addax Bioenergy sugarcane-to-ethanol project in the Makeni” commissioned by SiLNoRF, Bread for All, EED and Bread for the World. During engagements of SiLNoRF with communities and stakeholders affected by the operations of multinational companies particularly Addax Bioenergy and Magbass Sugar Complex, it was established that the awareness level of the (negative) impacts posed by the foreign direct investment schemes is very low among residents in communities that are presently affected and those that would be affected in the near future, and it will require a high level of sensitization, awareness raising and direct and continuous engagement with relevant stakeholders to reverse the unfolding trend. Purpose of the Report This monitoring report intends to provide an overview of the information and facts collected by SiLNoRF on the operations of Addax Bioenergy since the publication of the “Monitoring Report on the Operations of Addax Bioenergy of SiLNoRF, covering June 2012-June 2013” published in August 2013. It describes the positive aspects and evolutions of the project as well as issues of concern to both the communities and SiLNoRF regarding the operations of Addax Bioenergy. It also includes recommendations to the company, the policy makers, the funding banks and other institutions that might be interested in supporting similar investments in future.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:27:20 +0000
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