We, civil society organizations in Japan, call on the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), for the immediate suspension and fundamental review of the ProSAVANA program.
日本・ブラジル・モザンビーク政府の大規模農業開発事業「ProSAVANA-JBM」に関する緊急声明〜事業の早急なる中断と抜本的な見直しの要請〜
On Al Jazeera’s talk show South2North, Redi Tlhabi debates the new scramble for Africa with former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano, Nigerian politician Nkoyo Toyo and Philippe Heilberg, a land investor from the US.
- Al Jazeera
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20 September 2013
This article documents some of the ProSAVANA programme’s practices during its planning phase and analyses its limitations in terms of preventing the inherent risks of contract farming schemes.
- UNU-WIDER
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19 September 2013
A publicação apresenta uma análise dos dados e consequências do programa ProSavana, que busca implantar o agronegócio no Norte do país africano, através de um acordo de cooperação triangular entre Brasil, Japão e Moçambique.
Pesquisadores dizem que produtores locais não conseguiram competir com os empreendimentos de larga escala e tiveram que vender terras. Muitos deles se mudaram para as cidades e passaram por um processo de empobrecimento.
- Deutsche Welle
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04 September 2013
La compañía china Wanbao ha alquilado al Gobierno de Maputo la tierra que cultivaban Marta y Jossía Xavier Aldekoa, campesinos en Mozambique
- La Vanguardia
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30 August 2013
Na luta camponesa em defesa da Terra e Agricultura Camponesa nunca foi tão actual e imprescindível quanto arriscada para milhões e milhões de moçambicanos.
This article examines Brazilian cooperation practices in the agricultural sector in Mozambique against a backdrop of its discourse
Land grabbing of perceived “idle” and “underutilized” land must be stopped and investments, which are pro-poor, environmentally and ecologically should be promoted.
- sadcpeoplessummit.org
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18 August 2013
"Africa is the next destination for the world sugar industry due to huge land available in that continent," said Abinash Verma, director-general of the Indian Sugar Mills Association.
- Economic Times
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13 August 2013
An Indian state minister-controlled sugar cooperative will sign an agreement with the government of Mozambique to operate a 17,000 ha farm near the Zambezi River under 49-year lease. The minister is also eyeing an opportunity to run a sugar mill in Kenya.
- Hindustan Times
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07 August 2013