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19 Jul 2011The Guardian
Kilimo Kwanza: Knowledge among grassroots communities still scant
Chunks of land that are being targeted for Kilimo Kwanza belong to rural-based small producers who are likely to lose it to large-scale investors as pillar number five of the programme advocates for amendments of the Village Land Act No. 5 of 1999 to facilitate acquisition of land for large scale investment.
12 Jul 2011The Guardian
US investors acquire more land, to produce food crops
At least 21 investors from famous US firms who were in Tanzania to scout for business opportunities for 10 days have acquired, among other things, land for production of food crops in East Africa’s second largest economy.
03 Jul 2011Guardian on Sunda
Tanzania should be cautious about foreign land seekers
The most disturbing question here is: who should have powers to give 800,000 hectares to a foreigner under a 99-year lease arrangement, and under what procedures?
28 Jun 2011OPIC
OPIC board approves nearly $500 million for renewable resources investment funds
The US Overseas Private Investment Corporation pours $150 million into fund targeting farmland acquisitions in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
22 Jun 2011Future Agricultures
Land grabbing in africa and the new politics of food
A short article on the land grab phenomenon: What are the drivers? Who is doing the grabbing? What are the main issues? What implications for the future ?
16 Jun 2011IPP Media
Firm shows how to `farm at end of a long dirt road`
Kilombero Plantations Limited chief executive officer Carter Coleman talks about his company's large-scale farming operations in Tanzania, including the removal of the "Project Affected Persons" previously farming the lands.
14 Jun 2011Des Moines Register
Iowan Rastetter leads Tanzanian ag project
Iowa agribusiness investor Bruce Rastetter is leading a project to turn as much as 800,000 acres [324,000 hectares] of land in the east African country of Tanzania into a massive grain-and-livestock operation.
10 Jun 2011Asia Times
Bangladeshi firms join Africa land rush
Nitol-Niloy Group and Bhati Bangla Agrotec of Bangladesh aim to invest an initial US$18 million to lease around 40,000 hectares of African land by the end of this year to grow foodstuff, most of which they will be obliged to sell in Bangladesh.
08 Jun 2011BBC News Africa
Hedge funds 'grabbing land' in Africa
Hedge funds are behind "land grabs" in Africa to boost their profits in the food and biofuel sectors, a US think-tank says
08 Jun 2011Reuters
Investor land deals exploiting Africa, report alleges
Wealthy U.S. and European investors are accumulating large swaths of African agricultural lands in deals that have little accountability and give them greater control over food supply for the world's poor
23 May 2011African Agriculture
Why the reports of Bangladesh farming mega deals in Africa sound strange
If the early reports are anything to go by, the Bangladeshi deals already incorporate many elements that suggest they are being done in a way likely to engender fierce resentment and opposition in the African countries concerned.
23 May 2011Daily Star
Bangladesh to get 60,000 hectares for farming in Uganda
Of the produce, 20 percent will go to the government of Uganda, and the remaining will be sent to Bangladesh with a profit of 10 percent plus production cost, says Nitol-Niloy Group
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