Tanzania's Minister for Agriculture says land to be used for investments would be acquired through proper channels. "Send this message to all that Tanzania's government has no plans to grab land."
- Tanzania Daily News
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16 February 2014
The Tanzanian government is not eager to parcel out too much land to transnational corporations, writes the Tanzania Daily News.
- Tanzanian Daily News
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16 January 2014
Case study of Duxton Asset Management's planned investment in Kapunga Rice Farm in Tanzania
As investment deals between big business and the government are made across Tanzania, those working on behalf of small-scale farmers argue that more needs to be done to ensure their needs are not overlooked.
While expanding private investment in agriculture is a core ambition of the G8’s New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, experiences of prior investments raise questions about possible negative impacts.
The Japan investor has secured 40,000 hectares of land for commercial cotton farming in Handeni District where it will open a cotton farm and a processing plant.
- Tanzania Daily News
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06 December 2013
The government pledges to continue supporting Rufiji Basin Development Authority (RUBADA) in its endeavour to encourage large scale plantations in the country
- Tanzania Daily News
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03 December 2013
Three FAO reports published in 2013 looking at Lao PDR, Zambia and Ghana
Tanzania’s Minister for Agriculture and Food Security was in London where he spoke with investors about investing in Tanzania's agriculture sector.
- The Citizen
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23 October 2013
UK-Tanzania Agriculture Investment Roundtable begins in London today, in association with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Agriculture was identified as a priority area
- Tanzania Daily News
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21 October 2013
«Nous avons des projets en Afrique, notamment au Soudan, en Ethiopie, au Kenya, en Tanzanie et au Mozambique. Notre idée est d’aller dans ces pays qui nous offrent des terres agricoles et beaucoup d’eau».
- Depêche de Kabylie
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12 October 2013
Tanzania's President says hoarding large chunks of land without developing them for years retards national development and impoverishes subsistence farmers.
- Tanzania Daily News
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09 October 2013