Tanzania is pursuing another round of foreign agribusiness investment. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of lands are being turned into block farms to produce export crops, whose increasing demand is setting the stage for another wave of land grabs. With China looking to Tanzania as a new supply source for soybeans, the stage could be set for another wave of land grabs.
Key Documents (Land Water Territories)
Nyeleni Newsletter #41: “Beyond Land – Territory and Food Sovereignty” | #16October
Control over land and related resources reflect the power relations in a country/region, and are… Read more →
#TimetoTransform: Why do we regard an Integral and Popular Agrarian Reform as a matter of urgency?
Today peasants, indigenous peoples, farm workers, land-less peasants, fisherfolk, consumers, women and young people worldwide… Read more →
Opinion: The agrarian issue and current challenges
Throughout history, the progressive transformation of agricultural production has at its basis the struggle for… Read more →
Popular Agrarian Reform: The New Call for Agrarian Reform in the 21st Century
The world is changing, and so are the agrarian struggles of rural social movements and… Read more →
FAMA final declaration reaffirms: “water is not a commodity, water belongs to the people”
FINAL DECLARATION OF THE ALTERNATIVE WORLD WATER FORUM About us We, builders of the Alternative… Read more →
New Publication: Struggles of La Via Campesina | For Agrarian Reform and the Defense of Life, Land and Territories
Today peasants, indigenous peoples, farm workers, land less peasants, fisher folk, consumers, women and young… Read more →
September edition of Nyéléni Newsletter exposes the growing global threat of privatization and commodification of water
Water is an essential element for life and a crucial component of the human environment.… Read more →
People’s Manual: Guidelines on Governance of Land, Fisheries and Forests
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in… Read more →
Nyéléni Newsletter: Land Reform and food sovereignty
The new edition of the Nyéléni Newsletter is now online! Capital is appropriating our territories.… Read more →