Press Release regarding the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Shinzo Abe, visit to Mozambique
Farmers and civic groups in Mozambique urged Japan during Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's trip to Africa to halt an agricultural program it is promoting in their country that they say could result in land grabbing.
Civil society organizations in Nampula disown the accord and declarations made during the Japanese prime minister's recent visit to Mozambique
Farmers and civil society organizations respond strongly over large scale agricultural program, planned in the north area of Mozambique, which will be lead by Japan cooperating with Brazil.
A major reason for Japan's investment and agricultural land development are the moves being made by China.
Plataforma Provincial da Sociedade Civil de Nampula : O “generoso apoio” do Governo Japonês realiza-se numa perspectiva de continuidade do colonialismo
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is on a mission of business diplomacy in his current trip to Africa to secure valuable natural resources for Japan.
Na verdade, a equipa trilateral do ProSavana é portadora de uma direção e pensamento problemático, perigoso e contra os interesses soberanos dos camponeses e das camponesas.
President Armando Emilio Guebuza and PM Shinzo Abe must respect the legitimate and sovereign demands of the people of Mozambique, Brazil and Japan and suspend ProSavana and the G8 New Alliance.
The ProSavana programme in the Nacala Corridor is expected to intensify conflicts over land by attracting companies focused on large-scale production.
O Fundo Nacala e a Nova Aliança para Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional do G8 enquanto instrumentos operacionalizadores do Prosavana, representam a destruição da agricultura camponesa.
Japanese experts provide an analysis of the ProSavana project's concept note for the development of a large-scale agricultural project in Northern Mozambique.
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