Land has been grabbed at a significant scale in almost all SADC countries and the agribusiness model is destroying peasant-family agriculture, which produces most of the food for SADC countries.
Large scale commercial land deals at Nuanetsi Ranch, Chisumbanje and Chiadzwa are mired in corruption and end up impacting on livelihoods of communities.
"UAE relies on food imports and we are very concerned with food security so we are very willing to invest heavily in Zimbabwe's agriculture," Dr Andre Homberg of Tabarak Investment Bank said.
The Ghana-based fund already has investments in farms in Zimbabwe and Cameroon, a fertiliser plant in Madagascar, a beverage company in Zambia and a bakery in Nigeria.
Zimbabwe government officials are allegedly debating whether to expropriate Tongaat Hulett's farmlands.
Church leaders and activists from six SADC countries appealed to African parliaments to come up with laws that protect land owners, promote land rights and criminalise massive land grabbing.
Panel on food and agriculture included a discussion about ‘land grabs’, large and small farm models, and how investment in Africa could be increased, but also guided and regulated.
Elizabeth afirmó que las mujeres de la Vía Campesina África apuntan a destacar el papel de las mujeres en la mayoría de los temas tales como el acaparamiento de tierras y las políticas neoliberales: desafíos que enfrentan también las mujeres.
Under an obscure 50,000 ha land deal with Macdom and Rating Investments, 250,000 communal farmers stand to lose or have already lost their lands and livelihoods.
Mugabe government is very reasonable about the perception of commercial agriculture being in foreign hands, says Standard Chartered.
Afrifresh Group, a South African agriculture group, is set to acquire a controlling stake in Ariston Holdings, as Emvest pulls out.
As more and more fertile lands and rivers are in the hands of few investors, some villagers in southern Africa have started experiencing food shortages, a situation which was not there before.
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