Although the company, Agro EcoEnergy, had offered local farmers work growing sugar cane for the project, villagers told the Thomson Reuters Foundation they were given no choice on their future. We have been given no option on how the land is to be used," said Seif Mkomeni, a farmer from Matipwili. The new government also expressed concern about the impact of the proposed plant on tourism to Saadani. "There are many areas where such projects could be undertaken without disturbing wildlife," Majaliwa said. And while Tanzanian law states that village lands are not to be sold to outsiders, the lack of documentation means villagers have little recourse when it does happen.

Source: Standard Digital June 06, 2016 19:52 UTC