[h=6]An article on a big US-based agri-business company which intends to invest heavily in Tanzania has appeared in some US newspapers, and picked by one of the English weeklies.
According to this article, which the local newspaper gave a screaming headline of US investor set to acquire large chunks of land in Tan...zania, the intention of t...he investor is to bring modern and sustainable agriculture to the country, so that even small holder farmers can learn techniques of the 21st century farming.
The land earmarked for the massive grain and livestock operation is not less than 800,000 hectares.
If things go as planned, the company will secure a 99-year lease of the extensive area for the purpose of growing crops to be sold in the country, the rest of East Africa and other neighbour countries.
Some of the experts and international NGOs specializing in Third World development trends are already sounding an alarm about land grabbing in some countries by foreigners, who take advantage of poverty and corruption in targeted regions to effect their mission.
Question here is: who should have powers to give 800,000 hectares to a foreigner under a 99-year lease????[/h]
[h=6]An article on a big US-based agri-business company which intends to invest heavily in Tanzania has appeared in some US newspapers, and picked by one of the English weeklies.
According to this article, which the local newspaper gave a screaming headline of US investor set to acquire large chunks of land in Tan...zania, the intention of t...he investor is to bring modern and sustainable agriculture to the country, so that even small holder farmers can learn techniques of the 21st century farming.
The land earmarked for the massive grain and livestock operation is not less than 800,000 hectares.
If things go as planned, the company will secure a 99-year lease of the extensive area for the purpose of growing crops to be sold in the country, the rest of East Africa and other neighbour countries.
Some of the experts and international NGOs specializing in Third World development trends are already sounding an alarm about land grabbing in some countries by foreigners, who take advantage of poverty and corruption in targeted regions to effect their mission.
Question here is: who should have powers to give 800,000 hectares to a foreigner under a 99-year lease????[/h][JAKAYA KIKWETE = CHIEF MANGUNGU OF THE 21ST CENTURY!!!!]
Utapiamlo utaongezeka kwani watakacholima hakinunuliki na watz wa kawaida. Ukifuatila kilimo huko ulaya na marekani, wakulima hupewa ruzuku na serilkali zao ili kupunguza bei kwa mlaji kwa maana gharama ya kuzalisha kwa kutumia mashine haikwepeki kwani mashine huwezi kuinyonya.Afadhali hata hao wakija tutapata chakula na kupunguza utapiamlo, kuliko tuliowapa madini wanakamua peke yao sisi tunaishia kuomba chakula cha msaada. Nchi ishauzwa hii, we fikiria hapo jamaa hadi kuruhusi ardhi yote hiyo kakatiwa bei gani?
Tunangoja nini? Funga milango tuzichape! Hii ni sababu tosha kwa wale wafia nchi kujitoa. Hivi hakuna anayeona umuhimu wa kukataa huu usaliti.
Hapa hakuna UDINI wala Ukabila wala UCCM/UCDM Nchi inauzwa! Hii si mali ya chama cha siasa ni yetu wote.
Where are the CSOs who can Civilise this Govt and its cheap leaders???!!!
the remaining thing to be sold in our beloved country is ourselves!!!!
Hii ni nzuri sana!
Modern farming comes to Tanzania at last.
* more food
* employment for rural workers
* opportnity for Tanzanian's to learn how it is done
* real agricultural research, as opposed to pathetic reserach currently done
* industries will spin off to process the output of these farms
Tunahitaji waje wengi zaidi.
wewe kweli ni TANGO tena la mwaka 73!Acheni ushamba nyie msiokuwa na shukurani ya kulimiwa chakula. Wewe hujui kuwa nchi mpaka leo ina ardhi kubwa lakini hatujui kulima? Sasa huyu mmarekani akija kulima ili wewe na watoto wenu muwe na vyakula vingi kuna kosa gani? Acgeni kasumba ya nyerere ya kukaataa ma investors kwa kisingizio cha unyonyaji.
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