ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the situation and trends in water and land availability and productivity for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries, with a focus on the target countries for inward investment, and also for selected investor countries. It provides examples for the water-related effects of ongoing foreign direct investment (FDI). The chapter identifies opportunities for improved green and blue water and land management and sustainable intensification of agricultural production in SSA, and more specifically how FDI can contribute to these goals. Higher water and land resource endowment in FDI target countries than in investor countries is often assumed as a contributing factor to foreign direct investment. The chapter aims to determine bottom-up information on production systems and management intensities from a household/farm survey. Water scarcity in agriculture is a function not only of climatic conditions but also of water and land management.
