Tanzania

Gulf firm seeks long-term lease on Tanzanian farmland
- This Day
- 25 January 2010
A UAE company is seeking a 98-year lease on vast tracts of farmland in Tanzania to grow rice in order to secure food supplies for the Gulf countries.
Gulf sovereign funds show interest in farmland fund
- Reuters
- 21 January 2010
The fund is in the process of leasing 50,000 hectares of land in Tanzania which will be complete by the end of this year and will mainly be for rice production.
Tanzania, China in lucrative cattle deal
- The Citizen
- 19 January 2010
The Tanzania government has signed a five-year livestock and fishing agreement with China that would see Chinese firms invest in aquaculture and livestock projects.
Africa: Land grab or development? (NHK)
- NHK
- 08 January 2010
Documentary for Japan Broadcasting Corporation, focusing on Tanzania and Ethiopia
NHK World on land grabbing in Africa
- NHK
- 08 January 2010
Programme aired on NHK World presenting a documentary by Kohei Tsuji filmed in Ethiopia and Tanzania - in Japanese only - 35 minutes
I grandi capitalisti alla conquista delle terre coltivabili dei paesi poveri
- ComeDonChisciotte
- 07 January 2010
Si impadroniscono delle risorse naturali sempre più scarse attraverso la guerra delle armi o il danaro. La scomparsa delle popolazioni in via di sviluppo a loro non importa.
Kolonialismus oder Entwicklungschance: Der Kampf ums Essen
- Der Spiegel
- 04 January 2010
Der Spiegel video on Dominion Farms in Kenya and a Chinese farm project in Tanzania. Auf Deutsch.
Korea’s overseas development backfires
- Korea Times
- 04 December 2009
That Korea is no longer "importing" this food that is being grown overseas implies that this land is effectively Korean. This amounts to agricultural imperialism.
Rubada gets Sh65bn loan for rice project
- The Citizen
- 27 November 2009
South Korea, through the Korean Economic Development Fund, has extended a $50 million (about Sh65 billion) loan to the Rufiji Basin Development Authority (Rubada). About 100,000 hectares of land have been set aside for modern rice farming under the project.
Los grandes capitalistas a la conquista de tierras de cultivo de países pobres
- Kaos en la Red
- 10 November 2009
Los capitalistas conquistan los recursos de la naturaleza mundial mediante la guerra o la compra.
Govt orders 2000 people out of farm
- The Citizen
- 19 October 2009
The Government has ordered 2000 squatters out of land meant for large-scale paddy farming in Kilombero district, Morogoro region.
Dar won't host major conference
- The Citizen
- 29 September 2009
An Afro-Arab agriculture conference on farm investment, which was to take place in Zanzibar, has been cancelled due to the Tanzanian governmnt's 11th hour refusal to host it.