Malawis government has begun buying up property in areas dominated by tea and tobacco estates to give to 20.000 landless families, officials said on Wednesday.
The huge land redistribution project, funded by the World Bank at an estimated cost of 28 million US dollar, has started in four districts in the southern region, which has huge tea and coffee estates run by British and Italian nationals.
Government official have suggested the program will expand to other parts of the country later, but they have not said how much land they aim to redistribute in total.
Kilde: www.worldbank.org
