Tanzania

Interview with Carter Coleman, Founder and CEO of Kilombero Plantation Limited (KPL)
- AAM
- 01 June 2015
British Secretary of State Justine Greening visited Agrica's 5818 ha rice farm in Tanzania in June 2013 and then asked AgDevCo to invest.
SAGCOT supporting agricultural transformation in Ihemi Cluster
- 24 Tanzania
- 25 May 2015
The Agribusiness Leadership Meeting for Agricultural Transformation in Ihemi Cluster was held in Iringa last week.
Tanzanie : des milliers de paysan-ne-s chassé-e-s par un projet du G8
- Mediapart
- 22 May 2015
L’entreprise suédoise EcoEnergy projette d’accaparer 20 000 hectares de terres pour produire du sucre dans le district de Bagamoyo en Tanzanie provoquant le déplacement des populations vivant sur et de ces terres.
Tanzania: Govt to freeze multi-billion shilling pact with US firm
- Guardian (Tanzania)
- 22 May 2015
The government is in the process of revoking the contract entered by the Tanzania Investment Centre with an investment company, Agrisol, for lease of 10,000 hectares in Uvinza District, Kigoma Region
Tanzania plans $100m oil palm project
- EA Business Week
- 18 May 2015
In 2013 NDC of Tanzania inked a deal with Nava Bharat Pte Ltd of Singapore (NBS) to put up an oil palm farm and processing plant. The joint venture agreement was valued at $111 million.
Tanzanian farmers criticize G-7 initiative to boost agriculture
- VOA
- 17 May 2015
Investigations reveal that 1,300 people are at risk of losing their land to make way for a sugarcane plantation, which is a flagship project of the G7’s initiative to increase agricultural investment in Africa.
Conglomerados económicos “comiéndose” a países enteros
- REL-Uita
- 12 May 2015
Compran enormes superfícies de tierras adecuadas para la agricultura
Land grabbing in Tanzania: The truth, fallacies and fights- part 1
- The Citizen
- 24 Mar 2015
The decision by the government to invite and accommodate investors in large scale farming has divided the nation into two alliances: the government-investor versus NGO-smallholder farmers.
Tanzania: il "land grabbing" toglie terra e cibo ai contadini
- Radio Vaticana
- 23 Mar 2015
Il “land grabbing”, testualmente "accaparramento della terra" da parte di multinazionali nei Paesi in via di sviluppo, è una piaga che non sembra fermarsi. Per aiutare i contadini della Tanzania, tra le vittime di questo fenomeno, ActionAid ha lanciato un appello.
Putting the brakes on New Alliance land grabs
- ActionAid
- 18 Mar 2015
What kind of role should the private sector have in the post-2015 fight against poverty and food insecurity? And how should EU governments ensure it is genuinely inclusive and responsible? Yaekob Metena explores the possibilities.
Tanzania: Ministry ordered to recover 3,000ha at Saadani Park
- Guardian (Tanzania)
- 20 January 2015
Parliamentary committee orders Ministry of Lands to recover 3,000 hectares of land the latter had sold to a Swedish company - EcoEnergy Ltd in Bagamoyo District, Coast Region.
Legitimization crisis: Laws, policies and decrees as tools for Maasai land appropriation
- Intercontinental Cry
- 27 November 2014
The grazing lands of the Maasai community in East Africa are being viewed as the next frontier for land grabbing.