South African farmers eyeing opportunities in Mozambique
- HowWeMadeItInAfrica
- 01 February 2011
Many South African farmers have indicated an interest to start operations in Mozambique, according to agricultural union Agri SA.
Many South African farmers have indicated an interest to start operations in Mozambique, according to agricultural union Agri SA.
Thousands of white South African farmers are leaving their homeland to work abroad due to post-apartheid land reforms, a shortage of affordable territory and severe water shortages.
South African farmers moving to neighbouring African states are not putting SA’s food security under threat, says Willie du Plessis, a director of agricultural banking at Standard Bank.
Not since Belgium's King Leopold turned the Congo into his personal market-garden has so much land been allocated to offshore nations.
More South African farmers expect to receive land offers in Mozambique as they seek to expand across Africa amid uncertainty over land reform at home, an official from a mostly white farmers group said
L'Afrique assiste à une migration de fermiers blancs qui quittent l'Afrique du Sud, effrayés par sa criminalité et sa politique de redistribution des terres, pour conquérir les espaces inexploités du reste du continent.
Profit-hungry investors hope to avoid the stigma and opposition associated with land grabbing by partnering with local business development groups.
O projecto resulta de uma parceria entre uma empresa moçambicana, a Ubunto, SA e o Fundo Líbio de Investimento (LAP)
By 2014, the area under rice cultivation is expected to reach 5,000 hectares, and the harvest is projected at 57,000 tonnes of rice a year.
The participants will explore emerging trends in agriculture in GCC states and Africa and debate on how to turn them into mutually beneficial business relations between the two sides.
Um grupo de empresários das Maurícias, cuja identidade não foi revelada, pretende investir 1,2 biliões de dólares num projecto de aquacultura em Moçambique.
When deals are struck, activists complain that large tracts of land can be sold from under communities, with protocol ignored and promises broken.