Mozambique

Report examines Brazil’s programme to transform Mozambique’s Nacala corridor, the Chinese Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centre, and a private Chinese rice investment project in the Xai-Xai irrigation scheme.

Es en este marco de ‘un acaparamiento global de tierras’ que hemos de entender las propuestas de fracking, donde se enfrentan frente a frente dos modelos civilizatorios.

Les syndicats des fermiers mozambicains croient que bientôt la terre deviendra très rare pour les habitants puisque le gouvernement en loue de plus en plus aux agro-industries étrangères – déplaçant ainsi des milliers de communautés rurales et de petits fermiers sans titres de propriété officiels de leurs terres.

As histórias de empreendedores brasileiros que estão investindo numa economia que vem crescendo mais de 5% ao ano na última década.

We commit ourselves to opposing the ProSavana Programme so that neo-colonial land grabs will come to an end.

Brazil is helping develop Mozambican agriculture by promoting large-scale farming and supporting smallholders. Can it do both at once?

Video of a seminar in Hokkaido, Japan on the ProSavana project featuring representatives of UNAC.

Sindicatos de agricultores de Mozambique advierten que pronto escaseará la tierra pues el gobierno otorga cada vez más hectáreas a compañías agroindustriales extranjeras y deja a miles de campesinos a la deriva, sin títulos legales sobre su propiedad.

US-based Aslan Global Management, a leader in the "patient capital" movement, manages more than 12,000 hectares of farmland in Ukraine and Mozambique on long-term lease and just entered into a 99-year lease for 45,000 hectares in Tanzania.

“In the very short term land will became scarcest for Mozambicans because the government is attracting foreign investors arguing that we have huge unused land“, a spokesperson for UNAC told IPS. “What happens, in fact, when investors come, their appetite is centered on land already being used by locals.”

Entrevista com o governo federal deputado Luiz Nishimori

Report on Japan's role in the ProSAVANA programme in Mozambique by Sayaka Funada Classen.