Tanzania

Tanzanie: l’Accaparement des Terres Recule
January 10, 2013
par Marine Jobert
Contenir "la Course à l’Accaparement des Terres"
December 26, 2012
DAR ES SALAAM, 26 déc (IPS) - A partir de janvier 2013, la Tanzanie débutera la restriction de la taille des terres qui peuvent être "cédées" uniquement aux grands investisseurs étrangers et locaux à des fins agricoles.  Cette décision intervient suite aux critiques locales et internationales selon lesquelles de grands investisseurs s'emparent ici de grandes portions de terre, délogeant souvent de petits agriculteurs et des communautés locales. 
Tanzania Takes Major Step Towards Curbing Land 'Grabs'
December 21, 2012
Tanzania has set a ceiling for investors wanting to buy its agricultural land, a move welcomed by land rights campaigners
Curbing Tanzania’s “Land Grabbing Race”
December 19, 2012
Tanzanian Villagers Pay for Biofuel Investment
October 18, 2012
The financial collapse of a project by UK-based Sun Biofuels shows how the development dream can quickly turn into a nightmare for local people. Land and water resources that had been held collectively is now fenced off from villagers while the promises of infrastructure, jobs and better life never materialized. Redeye host Lorraine Chisholm speaks with Frederic Mousseau, policy director at the Oakland Institute.   
Press Release: A Cautionary Tale: Tanzanian Villagers Pay for Biofuel Investment Disaster
September 25, 2012
A new brief examines the situation on the ground a year after Sun Biofuels bankruptcy
Land Deal Brief: Tanzanian Villagers Pay for Sun Biofuels Investment Disaster
September 25, 2012
The Tanzanian government has put agriculture at the forefront of its development agenda through its “kilimo kwanza” (agriculture first) initiative, which was established in 2009. For a country like Tanzania, which is gifted with a rich diversity of natural and human resources and has a population that is still largely rural, investment in agriculture can offer considerable development potential. In recent years, the production of agrofuels by foreign energy companies has been a growing area of...
Anuradha Mittal Speaks at Fallon Forum
August 28, 2012
Recorded on 8/28/12 on AgriSol with Anuradha Mittal of Oakland Institute and Tim Schwab of Food & Water Watch. Watch the video
Board Drops Complaint Against Rastetter
August 27, 2012
By Linh Ta   On Aug. 23, the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board decided to drop an ethics complaint filed by the Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) against Iowa Board of Regents member BruceRastetter. The complaint stemmed from Rastetter’s business project in Tanzania, which CCI felt was a conflict of interest.
Ethics Board Shouldn't Shush the Public
August 25, 2012
  The meeting room at Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement was packed Tuesday evening, as a guest from California told a crowd of farmers, mothers, academics, retirees and others that Tanzanians were looking to Iowa to see if they can trust democracy. “I never thought mobilization in Iowa would happen,” said an emotional Anuradha Mittal.

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