Tanzania

Selling to Korea
- CNN
- 24 December 2010
CNN's Robyn Curnow sat down with the head of Tanzania's Development Authority, Aloyce Msanja, to find out about the sale of "unused" land to Korea.
Investors set to inject billions into agriculture
- The Citizen
- 16 December 2010
In Kilombero District, Tanzania large swathes of land are being earmarked for large-scale rice production.
Investors try new tactic with African agriculture
- Reuters
- 01 December 2010
Profit-hungry investors hope to avoid the stigma and opposition associated with land grabbing by partnering with local business development groups.
Jenaan to plant $500m venture
- The National
- 25 November 2010
Abu Dhabi's Jenaan Investment owns and leases properties in Egypt and Sudan, as well as leasing land in Tanzania, Ethiopia and the US.
S.Korea to farm Tanzania site in early 2011
- Reuters
- 11 November 2010
Tanzania expects South Korea to begin farming 15,000 hectares of land in the east African country early next year for food production and processing, a senior official said on Thursday.
Africa's great land grab
- BBC
- 27 October 2010
Recent years have seen an increasing number of foreign governments acquiring vast tracts of land in Africa for their own use - some say with little or no benefit to Africa.
Indian firms find Africa fertile ground for contract farming
- Livemint
- 19 October 2010
MMTC, Iffco and Bharti are the latest to find the continent’s land and labour attractive for their agribusiness.
Landroffande bromsar utvecklingen
- Radio Vega
- 05 October 2010
Byn Kikundi är inte ensam. Det kommer många investerare både från utlandet och hemlandet för att bruka mark som inte är deras.
Norfund invests 10 million dollars in rice production in Tanzania
- Norway
- 22 September 2010
Norfund’s investment will be used to continue expansion of the farm, including preparation of another 2,000 hectares of land, increase in production and storage capacity, machines and equipment
Tanzania: Farmers want a piece of the pie from agro-investors
- The Citizen
- 25 August 2010
As large-scale investors' interest in acquiring vast swathes of land for commercial agriculture in Africa intensifies, farmers believe the time is ripe for the government to press investors to allocate shares to villagers as a corporate social responsibility.
African agricultural finance under the spotlight
- Reuters
- 24 August 2010
African governments need to raise their level of accountability and ensure that they improve and protect their own food security through quid pro quo side-agreements negotiated when they lease or sell their arable land to foreign interests, says Keith Mullin of Thompson Reuters
Lower Ruvu intruders won’t be compensated
- Daily News
- 18 August 2010
Government of Tanzania will not compensate villagers who have moved onto land of the proposed irrigation farming project with Korea.