Namibia's Popular Democratic Movement is trying to reverse a decision to grant Russian billionaire Rashid Sardarov a 99-year lease of four farms with a combined size of more than 17 000 hectares.
Zambezi's appeal to investors for developing green schemes over fertile land aims to transform Namibia into a food basket, marking a significant step towards sustainable agriculture and food security.
The Silverlands I portfolio, the continent’s largest agricultural investment fund, includes primary production and beef and poultry assets across South Africa, Namibia, eSwatini, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Mozambique.
Saudi-based gourmet date connoisseur Bateel has revealed that joint-venture agreements are to be signed this year for new date farms in South Africa and Namibia
Corrupt practices in the context of large-scale land-based investments in Africa contribute to the unauthorised conversion of customary land to commercial land, to the detriment of poor rural women's access
Russian billionaire Rashid Sardarov is seeking the right to buy three farms to extend his game ranch to 46,000 ha, and at the same time is offering to donate N$24 million to the land reform ministry.
Namibia wants to transfer 43 percent, or 15 million hectares of its arable agricultural land, to previously disadvantaged blacks by 2020, and "also look at foreign ownership of land".
Le président Hage Geingob envisage également de « réexaminer la question de l’accès à la propriété foncière pour les étrangers »
Swapo parliamentarian expresses concern over what he called land grabbing by 'corrupt' politicians and their powerful and international business partners in various northern regions of Namibia.
Namibia's lands minister Utoni Nujoma has reportedly tabled a bill that would see foreign nationals being barred from owning land in the southern African country.
Le gouvernement namibien vient de soumettre au vote du parlement le projet de la Loi foncière 2016, dont la mesure phare est l’interdiction aux étrangers d’acquérir des terres en Namibie.
A total of 281 foreign nationals own 1.4 million hectares of agricultural land in Namibia, some in partnership with Namibians, Minister of Land Reform Utoni Nujoma revealed last week.
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