At least 21 investors from famous US firms who were in Tanzania to scout for business opportunities for 10 days have acquired, among other things, land for production of food crops in East Africa’s second largest economy.
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12 July 2011
Análise Preliminar do Fenómeno de Usurpação de terras em Moçambique. Casos de Estudo
The US Overseas Private Investment Corporation pours $150 million into fund targeting farmland acquisitions in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
Denmark's PKA has invested DKK250m (€33.5m) in African agriculture via the Silverland private equity fund (a SilvertStreet Capital fund)
The mad scramble for Africa. Critics say the financial firms that helped cause the global recession by inflating the real estate bubble -- are back. And this time they're being accused of pulling the same tricks with the world's food supply.
Hedge funds are behind "land grabs" in Africa to boost their profits in the food and biofuel sectors, a US think-tank says
Moçambique já regista "focos de conflitos" entre a população e investidores estrangeiros no acesso à terra, devido às cumplicidades entre as elites locais e o grande capital na exploração dos recursos naturais, considera o economista moçambicano João Mosca.
Moçambique é um dos alvos principais da "corrida à terra" por investimentos estrangeiros no continente africano, com a China e a Suécia à frente dos principais projetos, revelou hoje em Lisboa a Coligação para o Diálogo Sobre África (CoDA).
Mauritius firm, British American Investment, it is planning to develop 6,000 hectares of land in Mozambique in partnership with Sun Biofuels
Other countries believe their agricultural expertise can kickstart an agrarian revolution across the African continent
Project backed by the Libyan sovereign wealth fund wants to extend its land under cultivation to 5,000 ha so that it can undertake industrial scale production.
This paper highlights the role played by national-level land politics and domestic elites using material drawn from interviews with government officials, investors, and civil society organizations in Mozambique.
