South African Chamber for Agricultural Development in Africa

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The South African Chamber for Agricultural Development in Africa (SACADA) is a South African non-governmental organisation founded in 1995 with the support of President Nelson Mandela to stimulate the regional economy.[1] One of the main tasks of SACADA was to improve export-oriented plantations. In 1996 it started to settle many farmers in Mozambique creating a joint venture called "SMD" with the Mozambicans. According to the president of the organization, , the successes of the project in Mozambique has resulted in twenty other African countries asking SACADA to carry on similar programs in their countries.[2] The organization has been criticized by Michel Chossudovsky because of practices which, he says, destroy small farmers in the lands where SACADA works.[3]

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  1. ^ http://155.240.170.26/main/policy/downloads/speak.pdf, retrieved on 31 Jan. 2009
  2. ^ http://www.queensu.ca/samp/migrationnews/1998/apr.htm, retrieved on 31 Jan. 2009
  3. ^ Michel Chossudovsky, The Globalization of Poverty: Impacts of IMF and World Bank Reforms, (Penang: Third World Network, 1997) and (London: Zed, 1997) ISBN 81-85569-34-7 and ISBN 1-85649-402-0


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