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18 Jun 2013New Internationalist
Sup with the devil
Mozambican smallholders thought they could do a deal with agribusiness. Hazel Healy reports on how transnational OLAM treated its so-called partners.
10 Jun 2013Southern Times
Peasants vs big business
Mozambique’s President Armando Guebuza has rebuffed allegations that land-grabbing has taken place along the Nacala Corridor under the Japanese and Brazilian-supported ProSavana agriculture project in the north of the country.
04 Jun 2013IPS
Japón también quiere la riqueza africana
Augusto Mafigo, agricultor y sindicalista de Mozambique, dijo que los campesinos redoblaron sus protestas contra ProSabana porque temen que les haga perder sus pequeñas porciones de tierra cultivable cuando las compañías extranjeras se instalen.
03 Jun 2013Kyodo
Concern mounts over agriculture development plan in Mozambique
Concerns mount among civil society groups that an agriculture project in Mozambique, which Tokyo is pushing through as one of its key projects in Africa, may end up depriving local farmers of their land.
03 Jun 2013Japan Today
At TICAD, clumsy diplomacy mars controversial Japanese aid project in Mozambique
Mozambican Minister suggests "illiterate" farmers were not behind letter to President denouncing trilateral agribusiness project backed by Japan and Brazil.
31 May 2013Macauhub
Mozambique seeks additional funding for ProSavana project
With a view to reproducing in Mozambique Brazil’s success in transforming its “cerrado” region into arable land, ProSavana is expected to have a direct effect on 4 million Mozambicans living along the area of the Nacala Corridor.
31 May 2013Kyodo
Mozambique farmers seek halt to aid project
Farmers in Mozambique are calling on the governments of Japan, Brazil and Mozambique to halt a project aimed at supporting agricultural development there, saying it will result in land grabs.
28 May 2013UNAC
Carta aberta para deter e reflectir de forma urgente o Programa ProSavana
Os signatárias desta Carta Aberta dirigem-se à chefes de Governo de Moçambique, Brasil e Japão para requerer que mandem tomar todas as medidas necessárias para suspensão imediata de todas as acções e projectos em curso nas savanas tropicais do Corredor de Nacala.
28 May 2013UNAC et al
Open Letter from Mozambican civil society organisations and movements to the presidents of Mozambique and Brazil and the Prime Minister of Japan
Mozambican peasants union and large number of national and international groups call on heads of state of Mozambique, Japan and Brazil to immediately suspend the ProSavana agribusiness project.
22 May 2013IRIN
The anatomy of a Mozambique land deal
A multi-million dollar “ethical” plantation development in northwestern Mozambique - the initiative of a clutch of Scandinavian faith-based organizations - has faced alleged acts of sabotage by the very people it was designed to assist, illustrating the divisions between foreign benefactors and local communities.
19 May 2013La Jornada
El desembarco
África se está convirtiendo en un goloso pastel para las grandes empresas planetarias en su incesante y despiadada búsqueda del lucro, ahora que otros continentes están agotados.
14 May 2013UNAC
Declaração de Guiúa-Inhambane
Camponeses e camponesas da UNAC pretendemos reforçar a atenção a dar em relação ao Prosavana e definição de estratégias para o seu enfrentamento, apresentando alternativas às políticas agrárias que tem vindo a ser aprovadas, com quase total ausência e exclusão de camponeses e camponesas de todo o Pais.
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25 Jun 2013 - Brussels
From land grabbing to land reform: ECVC conference on land issues in Europe


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