farmlandgrab.org | Mozambique

Friends of the Earth Africa documentary on industrial plantation impacts on women
- FoE Africa
- 28 December 2021
New FoEAfrica documentary shows the impacts of industrial plantation expansion on women in Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Mozambique
Agricultural productivity as performance: A tale of two Mozambican corridors
- The Elephant
- 26 November 2021
In order to attract capital, selected regions for development projects must dramatize their potential as places for investment, carefully selecting project locations and participants who will make compromises so as to conceal failure, virtually guaranteeing that the programme will be declared a success when the time comes for evaluation.
China agricultural service firms eye overseas market
- China Daily
- 27 October 2021
Trade in agricultural services is a practical option to meet Chinese firms' demand to invest in overseas agricultural projects and pursue "going global" strategies, says Chinese official
AgDevco expands in Mozambique, invests $3 million to develop banana industry
- GAI
- 29 July 2021
UK-based social impact and sub-Saharan-focused investor AgDevCo announced its latest investment of $3 million in Quinta da Bela Vista Limitada – an irrigated banana estate in Mozambique’s Boane area.
Agricultural investment firm sees opportunity in Africa’s ‘incomplete value chains’
- HowWeMadeItInAfrica
- 07 April 2021
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.
Mozambican farmer questions Japan-led support project
- Nippon
- 04 August 2020
A farmer in Mozambique pointed to issues related to a Japan-led project to support agriculture in the southern African country that ended last month.
Victory for peasant and civic movements! ProSAVANA officially ended
- Mokai and JVC
- 24 July 2020
Sayaka Funada-Classen reports that the Japanese and Mozambican governments have announced the termination of ProSAVANA, a huge victory for Mozambican peasant movements and tri-national peoples solidarity
Governo de Moçambique e Parceiros Acordam o Término do ProSAVANA
- Ministério da Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural
- 20 July 2020
O Ministério da Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural torna público que os parceiros envolvidos com o Governo no Programa ProSAVANA acordaram o seu término com a conclusão do “Projecto para o Estabelecimento de Modelo de Desenvolvimento ao Nível das Comunidades com Melhoria do Serviço de Extensão Rural no Desenvolvimento Agrícola do Corredor de Nacala em Moçambique”
【議事録】国会議員主催「プロサバンナ事業」勉強会（Meeting minutes of debate btw Japanese parliamentarians/NGOs & JICA/MoFA on ProSAVANA)
- Mokai
- 06 February 2020
2019年12月23日に参議院議員会館で開催された９名の衆参国会議員による主催勉強会、「プロサバンナ事業に関する勉強会」の逐語議事録です。
HMC investment in Westfalia Fruit International to drive global expansion for avocados
- GAI
- 21 January 2020
WFI’s estates represent the largest avocado-growing footprint in the world, with operations in all major growing regions including southern Africa, Mexico, Chile, Peru, and the state of California.
The rise and fall of ProSavana
- Observador Rural
- 10 January 2020
This paper explores the history of one of the world’s largest land grabbing deals signed by Japan, Brazil and Mozambique in 2009 through official documents and recordings, especially of the Japanese actors involved.
Stony ground
- Economist
- 16 November 2019
Brazil and Japan plotted a farming revolution in Mozambique. But instead of sowing soya, they planted seeds of opposition.