We must stay vigil against the rush for our land by multinational corporations
    Tanzania may find itself on similar a pathway like Zimbabwe where 4,500 commercial farmers own over 90 per cent of arable land including some so-called absent landlords living luxurious lives in London.
    • This Day (Tanzania)
    • 19 January 2009
    La tierra para quien la paga
    Común a todas estas operaciones, la de Daewoo incluida, es su secretismo. ONG e instituciones desconocen la totalidad de hectáreas compradas por foráneos en países pobres y a falta de que se publiquen estudios en curso, sólo pueden hacer estimaciones.
    • El País
    • 10 December 2008
    Should Africa lease land to foreign firms?
    One-hour audio debate on the BBC
    • BBC
    • 08 December 2008
    Rich countries carry out '21st century land grab'
    Nomadic herders, rarely a priority for governments, are being dispossessed by bioethanol developments in Kenya, says Michael Taylor of the International Land Coalition (ILC), and they also depend on the “unused” land that Madagascar offered Daewoo.
    • New Scientist
    • 04 December 2008
    Small farmers at risk in land scramble
    Small-scale farmers with limited knowledge of their rights stand to lose most as countries such as China and Saudi Arabia expand their quest for African farmland, analysts have warned.
    • Financial Times
    • 11 August 2008
    Firm will grow rice in Africa
    Chongqing Seed Corp has decided to cultivate rice on 300 hectares in Tanzania from 2009
    • China Daily
    • 09 May 2008
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