Tanzania

Tanzanie : Une Transaction Foncière Perd un Partenaire-clé, mais les Communautés sont Encore Menacées d’Expulsion
April 16, 2012
Iowans Petition to Censure Rastetter At ‘After AgriSol’ Forum
March 24, 2012
Hannah Furfaro   More than 70 Iowans called Saturday for the censure of Iowa Board of Regents’ president pro tem Bruce Rastetter for his role in a large-scale private agriculture deal in Tanzania at a community teach-in hosted by Occupy Ames and Occupy ISU at Ames City Hall.
Guest Column: Iowa State Furthering an Example of Colonial Capitalism
March 20, 2012
  Ahna Kruzic is a senior in sociology. As of lately, an immense amount of controversy has surrounded the involvement of several Iowa-based partners in a highly controversial and undeniably questionable investment deal in the African country of Tanzania.
Tanzanie: Ces Universités Américaines qui Convoitent des Terres Agricoles
March 20, 2012
De nouveaux acteurs entrent dans l’accaparement des terres arables africaines. La rentabilité de ces placements n’en finit pas d’attirer les investisseurs.
Tanzania: U.S. University Withdraws From Land Grab Deal
February 16, 2012
The most controversial and potentially devastating part of the deal was the forceful removal of 162,000 people thriving on the land.
Iowa School Calls It Quits on Plantation-Style 'Land Grab' in Tanzania
February 14, 2012
Feb. 14 (GIN) - An Iowa school has backed out of a project that was regarded as a massive land grab in Tanzania. Over 160,000 small farmers would have been evicted under the plan. In its announcement on Feb. 10, Iowa State University said it was tired of defending its role in the African project and its partnership with AgriSol Energy, a U.S. company run by a major university donor.
Iowa School Calls It Quits On Planatation-Style ‘Land Grab’ In Tanzania
February 14, 2012
Iowa State University Withdraws Completely from AgriSol Energy’s Investment Deal in Tanzania
February 12, 2012
In a turnabout that should remove AgriSol's last shred of credibility as a “responsible investor” in Tanzania, Iowa State University (ISU) announced in a statement on February 10, 2012 that they have withdrawn themselves entirely from ties to AgriSol and the land deal it is planning in Tanzania. From Dean Wintersteen’s statement we learned that the university is tired of spending “much of our time and energy...directed at countering misrepresentations about why and how we were involved.”
Investigation Finds Two ISU Professors Are Still Involved with AgriSol
February 1, 2012
  By Hannah Furfaro   While Iowa State University pursues more private dollars to help support important research, at least one of these public-private projects is raising a whole new crop of ethical questions.
US Varsity Faults AgriSol Katumba, Mishamo Investments in Mpanda
January 1, 2012
By Gerald Kitabu   AgriSol’s planned investment project in Katumba and Mishamo refugee settlements in Mapnda district has suffered the first major big blow following Iowa State University (ISU)’s decision to scale back its involvement with AgriSol to an “advisory capacity,” The Guardian on Sunday has learnt.

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