Behind the current scramble for land in Africa is a global struggle for a commodity increasingly seen as more precious than gold or oil - water Food cannot be grown without water.  In Africa, one in three people suffer from water scarcity and climate change will make things worse. Building on Africa’s highly sophisticated indigenous water management systems could help resolve the growing crisis, but these very systems are being destroyed by large-scale land grabs amidst claims that Africa’s water is abundant, under-utilised and ready to be harnessed for export-oriented agriculture.