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Thousands of Tanzanian peasants to be displaced for
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Salaam (Tanzania) A British firm, Sun Biofuels PLC, has been given the go
ahead by the authorities in Tanzania to embark on a massive multimillion
dollar biofuel project that will involve the displacement of thousands of
peasants in the Kisarawe district of the Coast Region for the 9,000 hectares
of land needed by the foreign investor, APA learnt Sunday. "The
process of acquiring land for the project is at an advanced stage and only
awaiting President Jakaya Kikwete’s formal approval, a total of 11
villages will be cleared," the Kisarawe district land officer, Leo
Rwegasira, stated. He told
APA that about US$ 632,411.067 will be paid to a total of 2,840 households as
compensation. The
investment is expected directly or indirectly to employ about 1,000 local
people for a start. Estimated
to cost about US$ 20million, the agro-processing project will entail large
scale planting of jatropha oil seeds. According
to the 2002 population census, the households in the area had a total of
11,277 people residing in the 11 villages. The
Kisarawe District Council Chairman, Omar Dibibi, said the Jatropha biofuel
project would catalyse the district’s economy and give Kisarawe
residents a new cash crop. The
investment is expected to employ directly or indirectly over 1000 local
people for the start, a figure that could rise as the project expands. Experts
say that while jatropha curcas seeds can be used as fuel for any diesel
engine without modification, they are also used in manufacturing of
varnishes, illuminants, soap, pest control and medicine for skin diseases. But
according to a recent study entitled " Prospects for Jatropha Biofuels
in Developing Countries: An Analysis for |
See also:
http://www.investingreport.net/982sun-biofuels-invests-20-million-in-tanzania-jatropha-project/
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