Tanzania

Tanzania: Country urged to reduce land lease period to investors
- East African Business Week
- 28 May 2012
Tanzania has been advised to reduce land lease agreement to investors to below 50 years from the current 99.
Tanzania: Land losers for hefty compensation
- Tanzania Daily News
- 28 May 2012
The government is in the final stages of introducing a Land Authority whose duties, among others, will include dealing with land investments as well as establishment of a land bank and database.
Investors vow to end sugar scarcity
- Tanzania Daily News
- 22 May 2012
India's Mahakaushal Sugar and Power Industries has acquired 12,000 ha, and more efforts are being made to acquire an additional 15,000 ha, along Lower Rufiji River basin in Utunge Ward, Tanzania.
Beware G8 motives, JK, others cautioned
- The Citizen Reporter
- 17 May 2012
Four African leaders attending the rich nations’ meeting that opens in Washington today have been cautioned to be wary of the G8’s New Alliance to Increase Food and Nutrition Security, noting that it poses a serious threat to small-scale farmers in Africa.
Journalists challenged to provide a voice for the voiceless in rural communities
- MVIWATA
- 11 May 2012
Investigative Journalism and critical analysis into land issues currently affecting rural communities would not only reveal malpractices in land issues but also provide a voice for the voiceless in rural communities.
Grow Africa : Fertile grounds for funds
- Africa Report
- 09 May 2012
African governments are bringing agriculture schemes to international investors in the hope of matching investors to fertile soils
Los nuevos acaparadores de tierras
- Haciendo punto en otro Blog
- 17 April 2012
La soberanía alimentaria de los pueblos enfrenta un nuevo enemigo: el acaparamiento de vastas extensiones de tierras agrícolas
Tanzania: Small farmers bearing brunt of investments
- Tanzania Daily News
- 10 April 2012
The craze in recent years for huge investments in bio energy and agribusiness in Tanzania has seen small poor farmers being dispossessed of their lands through tricky contracts and the false hope of making riches overnight.
Se vende África
- Hoy
- 09 April 2012
En la última década, los países en desarrollo han dejado en manos extranjeras una superficie equivalente a media Unión Europea. África es un paraíso para estos inversores.
Tanzanie: Ces universités américaines qui convoitent des terres agricoles
- Slate.fr
- 20 Mar 2012
De nouveaux acteurs entrent dans l’accaparement des terres arables africaines. La rentabilité de ces placements n’en finit pas d’attirer les investisseurs.
Concern over rising number of land disputes in Tanzania
- Daily Monitor
- 02 Mar 2012
Land conflicts pitting poor villagers against powerful investors now number more than 1,000 a year, according to research findings by Land Resources and Research Institute (HakiArdhi).
Tanzania: Contract farming law to curb rogue investors coming
- Tanzania Daily News
- 27 February 2012
The government will soon table a Contract Farming Bill in parliament, seeking to enact a law to protect smallholder farmers and rural communities against exploitation by private investors that acquire lands.