Zimbabawe's Government cites pandemic in allocating 7,000 hectares of irrigated crop land in Beitbridge district to private companies, including Schweppes.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is planning to parcel out vast tracts of prime horticultural land to the Belarusian government in a deal that will see the eastern European nation farming and exporting produce.
Mauritius-based Sunbird Bionergy is pursuing a US$190 million cassava outgrower ethanol project in Zimbabwe's Luena farm block that includes a seedlings plantation that will eventually cover 10,000 ha.
- Daily Mail
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13 January 2020
Indian billionaire and Pepsi International franchise holder Ravi Jaipuria wants to acquire vast swathes of prime land in Zimbabwe to diversify into production of key agricultural products.
Villagers in Chipinge, Manicaland province have dragged ethanol producer, Green Fuel to court to stop it from occupying their communal land and interfering with their farming activities
Sugar giant, Tongaat Hullets, is seeking bids from companies or individuals with capacity to develop 4 000 hectares of virgin land to boost sugarcane production in the lowveld of Zimbabwe
- The Chronicle
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21 November 2018
In order to facilitate private sector investment in agriculture, the Government of Zimbabwe will expedite issuance of bankable 99 year leases to allow farmers access to funding from financial institutions.
Nelson Chamisa has vowed, if he wins elections due in July, to expel Chinese investors who have stakes worth many billions of dollars in everything from agriculture to construction.
La firme zimbabwéenne ProDairy s’est associée à la firme de capital-investissement Sub-Sahara Capital, basée à New-York, pour développer des pâturages spécialisés
- Agence Ecofin
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15 Mar 2018
The land rush in southern Africa is often a sugar rush, with the ‘white gold’ promising riches to governments, local elites and large corporates alike.
- Zimbabweland
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03 October 2016
Locals allege the Green Fuel ethanol plant has grabbed land and displaced families without compensation, polluted water supplies, and failed to pay its workers — leaving them with few options in a region beset by drought.
Based on new research in four African countries, Professor Ian Scoones says far from being on a land-grabbing spree in Africa, Chinese immigrant farmers and the deployment of Chinese agricultural technology and training programmes are having a positive impact.