Village Meeting in Mngeta

William Kalolela the head teacher at Itongowa primary school and is a member of the community living around Kilombero Plantations Limited (KPL). Greenpeace and partners are meeting with and interviewing individuals from the community here.

Head teacher and acting Village Executive Officer (VEO):

“The negotiations between KPL and the community are making progress. KPL will first construct the diversion before blocking the old road”.
“We have sent our priorities to the village council and according to our contract between KPL and the village council, KPL is supposed to give the council subsidies that will be used to buy desks for the school”.
“KPL has stopped paying the 32 million shilling subsidy to the village council until the negotiations are finalised and the relationship between them and the community is stabilized”.

Unique identifier: GP0STOW8Z

Type: Image

Shoot date: 07/02/2015

Locations: Africa, Kilombero, Mngeta, Morogoro, Tanzania

Credit line: © Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Greenpeace

Size: 4256px × 2832px 5MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Rice Farming in Tanzania

Community visits to rice farmers in Tanzania.

Kilombero Plantations Ltd (KPL) is a 5,818 hectare (ha) rice plantation located in the heart of the fertile Kilombero Valley, Tanzania. In addition to developing a large-scale rice farm, KPL works with local smallholder farmers through an outgrower model based on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) technologies. The investment project receives considerable financial and technical support from various development institutions including the UK Department for International Development (DfID) and USAID.1

While KPL is often portrayed as a truly responsible investment venture, 2 villagers in the surrounding communities complain of adverse impacts on their livelihoods resulting from KPL’s acquisition of land.

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