Motorcycling in Kilombero Plantations Limited

Reyes Tirado and Erick Mhando are pictured on a boda-boda motorcycle taxi. They are within the irrigated area of Kilombero Plantations Limited (KPL).

Unique identifier: GP0STOWBB

Type: Image

Shoot date: 13/02/2015

Locations: Africa, Kilombero, Morogoro, Tanzania

Credit line: © Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Greenpeace

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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