17 April : Day of Peasant's Struggle
Tanzania: Farmers want the government to stop land grabbing
Published on Wednesday, 18 April 2012 22:28
Small-scale farmers in the country now want the government to stop any kind of land grabbing purportedly being carried out in the name of public investment, saying the trend would soon send the country into utter chaos.
Farmers also have been persuaded on the need of unite in strong organisation in order to jointly defend their right even if it would cost them their lives.
Speaking during at a Symposium to mark the International Day of Peasant’s Struggle nationally organized by the National Small-Scale Farmers Networks Groups in Tanzania (MVIWATA) on 17th April 2012 in Morogoro, they said small-scale farmers in Tanzania have been sidelined throughout the 50 years of independence but it was now the right time for farmers to wake up.
Ms. Sekerega Sabula a farmer from Mbarali district in Mbeya region warned that the government would soon send the country into chaos by welcoming more investors who take village lands.
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