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["Deal ID","Is public","Deal scope","Deal size","Target country","Current size under contract","Current size in operation (production)","Current negotiation status","Current implementation status","Fully updated","Top parent companies","Intended size (in ha)","Size under contract (leased or purchased area, in ha)","Size in operation (production, in ha)","Comment on land area","Intention of investment","Comment on intention of investment","Carbon offset project","Comment on carbon offset project","Nature of the deal","Comment on nature of the deal","Negotiation status","Comment on negotiation status","Implementation status","Comment on implementation status","Purchase price","Purchase price currency","Purchase price area type","Purchase price area","Comment on purchase price","Annual leasing fee","Annual leasing fee currency","Annual leasing fee type","Annual leasing fee area","Comment on leasing fees","Contract farming","On leased / purchased","On leased area/farmers/households","Not on leased / purchased (out-grower)","Not on leased area/farmers/households (out-grower)","Comment on contract farming","Jobs created (total)","Planned number of jobs (total)","Planned employees (total)","Planned daily/seasonal workers (total)","Current total number of jobs/employees/ daily/seasonal workers","Comment on jobs created (total)","Jobs created (foreign)","Planned number of jobs (foreign)","Planned employees (foreign)","Planned daily/seasonal workers (foreign)","Current foreign number of jobs/employees/ daily/seasonal workers","Comment on jobs created (foreign)","Jobs created (domestic)","Planned number of jobs (domestic)","Planned employees (domestic)","Planned daily/seasonal workers (domestic)","Current domestic number of jobs/employees/ daily/seasonal workers","Comment on jobs created (domestic)","Actors involved in the negotiation / admission process","Name of investment project","Comment on investment chain","Operating company: Investor ID","Operating company: Name","Operating company: Country of registration/origin","Operating company: Classification","Operating company: Investor homepage","Operating company: Opencorporates link","Operating company: Comment","Name of community","Name of indigenous people","Comment on communities / indigenous peoples affected","Recognition status of community land tenure","Comment on recognitions status of community land tenure","Community consultation","Comment on consultation of local community","Community reaction","Comment on community reaction","Presence of land conflicts","Comment on presence of land conflicts","Displacement of people","Number of people actually displaced","Number of households actually displaced","Number of people displaced out of their community land","Number of people displaced staying on community land","Number of households displaced \"only\" from their agricultural fields","Number of people facing displacement once project is fully implemented","Comment on displacement of people","Negative impacts for local communities","Comment on negative impacts for local communities","Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)","Received compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)","Promised benefits for local communities","Comment on promised benefits for local communities","Materialized benefits for local communities","Comment on materialized benefits for local communities","Presence of organizations and actions taken (e.g. farmer organizations, NGOs, etc.)","Former land owner","Comment on former land owner","Former land use","Comment on former land use","Former land cover","Comment on former land cover","Crops area/yield/export","Comment on crops","Livestock area/yield/export","Comment on livestock","Mineral resources area/yield/export","Comment on mineral resources","Contract farming crops","Comment on contract farming crops","Contract farming livestock","Comment on contract farming livestock","Electricity generation","Comment on electricity generation","Carbon sequestration/offsetting","Comment on carbon sequestration/offsetting","Has domestic use","Domestic use","Has export","Export","Country 1","Country 1 ratio","Country 2","Country 2 ratio","Country 3","Country 3 ratio","Comment on use of produce","In country processing of produce","Comment on in country processing of produce","Processing facilities / production infrastructure of the project (e.g. oil mill, ethanol distillery, biomass power plant etc.)","In-country end products of the project","Water extraction envisaged","Comment on water extraction envisaged","Source of water extraction","Comment on source of water extraction","Comment on how much do investors pay for water","Water extraction amount","Comment on how much water is extracted","Use of irrigation infrastructure","Comment on use of irrigation infrastructure","Water footprint of the investment project","Comment on gender-related info","Overall comment","Not public","Comment on not public"]
[1958,"Yes","transnational","10000.00","Uganda","10000.00","12140.00","Concluded (Contract signed)","In operation (production)","2024-03-22T11:12:04.998000+00:00","Mehta Group#1562#India|Government of Uganda#3016#Uganda","10000.00","1924#current#10000","2022##10023|2023#current#12140","Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited (SCOUL) was established in the year 1924. Originally in Mabira Forest, but opposition forced to come up with alternative on old sugar plantation land. Expansion plan still being debated. Another data source states 7100ha under contract. Another source states the area requested by SCOUL for additional sugar production is 7186 ha. Area in operation polygon indicate 10,023 ha of land in operation in 2022.\n","1924#current#10000#Biomass for biofuels, Food crops","Production of food crops, Biofuels and  earns carbon credits.\n","Yes","Project earns carbon credits.",null,null,"1924##Concluded (Contract signed)|##Concluded (Change of ownership)|2007##Intended (Under negotiation)|#current#Concluded (Contract signed)","It appears the expansion plan into Mabira forest is still not off the table. Previously known as Sugarcane production in Uganda which  dates back to 1924. The factory has since changed to the Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited (SCOUL) (Serunkuma and Kimera, 2006).","1924#current#In operation (production)","The  company has been in operation since 1924.",{"$nulls":10},"Yes",null,null,"Yes","2019#current##6000#","SCOUL has also developed strong relationships with contracted outgrowers to which it provides technical and financial assistance for sugarcane supply. Outgrowers will supply him with 60,000 tonnes of sugarcane. According to their website, in 2019, they had more than 6000 outgrowers.","Yes",{"$nulls":3},"2019#current##7000#","7,000 employees.\n",{"$nulls":12},"Government of Uganda#Government / state institutions (government, ministries, departments, agencies etc.)",null,"SCOUL is owned by the Mehta-family, a respectable business family originally from India and since 1924 based in Uganda. FMO and the lead DFI Proparco will provide USD 20 million each to the company. The funds will be used for the financing of a 26MW co-generation power plant to generate power for internal consumption and the surplus power to be exported to the grid.",38122,"Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited (SCOUL)","Uganda","Private company",null,null,"The Mehta Group is a conglomerate with a wide range of activities which include sugar and floriculture ",{"$nulls":4},"Mabira Central Forest Reserve was gazetted as a central forest reserve in 1900 under the famous Buganda agreement between the British Colonizers and the\nBuganda Kingdom",null,null,"Rejection","rejection against negotiations concerning Mabira Forest that started in 2007 and seem to last, though the government claimed to propose another location for the company's expansion",{"$nulls":14},"Community shares in the investment project",null,"Health|Education","SCOUL operate 2 Nursery Schools, 13 Primary Schools and 1 Secondary School to provide education for more than 6,000 children from within our staff as well as the local population. It also has a hospital at Lugazi, in addition to 10 Dispensaries at various locations.",null,"Private (large-scale farm)",null,"Forestry","Mabira Central Forest Reserve was gazetted as a central forest reserve in 1900 .","Forest land",null,"#current#10023###Sugar Cane","Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited (SCOUL)  has a crushing capacity of 3,700 tons per day\nSCOUL operates with plant capacity of 1,00,000 tons of Sugar per year",{"$nulls":4},"#current#None#Sugar Cane",{"$nulls":7},"Yes",{"$nulls":10},"Yes","Sugar, alcohol, ethanol production\n ","It has its own distillery established in 2014 that converts Molasses (a bye product) into industrial alcohol.",{"$nulls":13},false]

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["ID","Deal ID","Spatial accuracy level","Location","Point","Facility name","Location description","Comment on location"]
["o8WgCy5H",1958,"Coordinates","Mabira, Lubanyi, Uganda","0.38842,32.94347",null,null,"Mabira forest- It’s located at 45Kms on Kampala-Jinja Highway, just within the vicinity of Lugazi Town Council-Buikwe District."]

{"sheet":"Contracts","index":2,"n_rows":1,"n_cols":7,"rows_kept":1}
["ID","Deal ID","Contract number","Contract date","Contract expiration date","Duration of the agreement","Comment on contract"]

{"sheet":"Data sources","index":3,"n_rows":13,"n_cols":13,"rows_kept":13}
["ID","Deal ID","Data source type","URL","File","Publication title","Date","Name","Organisation","Email","Phone","Open Contracting ID","Comment on data source"]
["xlJJFXGe",1958,"Media report","https://www.fao.org/sustainable-food-value-chains/library/details/en/c/266089/","uploads/faoorgdocrepfao011aj224eaj224e00pdf.pdf","BIOENERGY AND LAND TENURE THE IMPLICATIONS OF BIOFUELS FOR LAND TENURE AND LAND POLIC","2008",null,"FAO",{"$nulls":3},"FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS \n"]
["u9nMWq-A",1958,"Media report",null,"uploads/wolfganghthomewordpresscom20130323mabira-forest-the-silent-assault-continues.pdf","FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ","2013-03-23",{"$nulls":5},"wolfganght\nURL link no longer works-http://wolfganghthome.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/mabira-forest-the-silent-assault-continues/"]
["MY8Dsu43",1958,"Company sources","https://www.mehtagroup.com/csr.html","uploads/corporate-social-responsibility-mehta-group.pdf","COPERATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ","2020-01-31",{"$nulls":5},"Corporate Social Responsibility\nmehtagroup"]
["m7PWFlFd",1958,"Media report",null,"uploads/newvisioncougd820560792.pdf","Support Mabira Forest give-away to Mehta GroupP","2007-04-19",{"$nulls":5},"URL link no longer works-http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/20/560792\nstatement of the president of Uganda"]
["eFdhM-yY",1958,"Media report","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabira_Forest","uploads/enwikipediaorgwikimabira_forest.pdf","Mabira Forest","2013-08-22",{"$nulls":5},"wikipedia"]
["K1UjY_tB",1958,"Media report",null,"uploads/independentcougnewsnews7232-conservationists-vow-to-give-everything-to-save-mabira-forest.pdf",null,"2013-01-15",{"$nulls":5},"URL link no longer works"]
["VEJtk64u",1958,"Media report","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Corporation_of_Uganda_Limited","uploads/enwikipediaorgwikisugar_corporation_of_uganda_limited.pdf","Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited","2012-09-25",{"$nulls":5},"wikipedia."]
["vk8s6kFP",1958,"Company sources","https://www.mehtagroup.com/sugar.html","uploads/sugar-manufacturers-sugar-manufacturing-mehta-group.pdf","Sugar Manufacturers, Sugar Manufacturing – Mehta Group","2019",{"$nulls":5},"website information"]
["O5jmSqfj",1958,"Media report","https://www.fmo.nl/project-detail/52387","uploads/Project detail - SUGAR CORPORATION OF UGANDA LIMITED - FMO.pdf","SUGAR CORPORATION OF UGANDA LIMITED",{"$nulls":6},"FMO"]
["aT5_DVV4",1958,"Research Paper / Policy Report","https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16487149W/The_economic_valuation_of_the_proposed_degazettement_of_Mabira_Central_Forest_Reserve","uploads/THE ECONOMIC VALUATION OF MABIRA.pdf","ConsultantsTHE ECONOMIC VALUATION OF THE PROPOSED DEGAZETTEMENT OF MABIRA CENTRAL FOREST RESERVE2011Series","2011",null,"Nature Uganda"]
["i2AxpoWx",1958,"Other",{"$nulls":3},"2022-08-22","Google Earth pro",{"$nulls":4},"Shapefile uploaded is from google earth pro"]
["gVGmfwB7",1958,"Company sources","https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3749082/Customer%20Appreciations/SCOUL%20-%20Uganda.pdf","uploads/SCOUL - Uganda.pdf","SCOUL  Uganda chooses lvalua sourcing solutions & consus sourcing services ","2026-09-23",null,"SCOUL - Uganda",{"$nulls":3},"Consist of investor , employment,produce , and general information, "]

{"sheet":"Involvements","index":4,"n_rows":12,"n_cols":12,"rows_kept":12}
["Involvement ID","Investor ID Downstream","Investor Name Downstream","Investor ID Upstream","Investor Name Upstream","Relation type","Investment type","Ownership share","Loan amount","Loan currency","Loan date","Comment"]
[1123,36158,"Unknown (Mehta Group)",1562,"Mehta Group","Parent company"]
[5551,38068,"Muhoroni Sugar Company Limited",1562,"Mehta Group","Parent company"]
[5990,38118,"Amuru Sugar Works",3016,"Government of Uganda","Parent company",null,51]
[5992,38691,"Unknown (Egypt and Uganda)",3016,"Government of Uganda","Parent company"]
[6105,38122,"Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited (SCOUL)",1562,"Mehta Group","Parent company",null,49,{"$nulls":3},"Another source states that Mehta Family own (76%)\n"]
[6106,38122,"Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited (SCOUL)",3016,"Government of Uganda","Parent company",null,51,{"$nulls":3},"Another source states that  GoU own (24%) of the shares"]
[10498,41332,"Atiak Sugar Factory (#163805)",3016,"Government of Uganda","Parent company","Shares/Equity",44,69000000000]
[11435,36163,"Kinyara Sugar Works Ltd.",3016,"Government of Uganda","Parent company","Shares/Equity",30]
[11488,42834,"Bujagali Energy Limited",3016,"Government of Uganda","Parent company","Shares/Equity"]
[12778,43875,"Wadelai irrigation Project",3016,"Government of Uganda","Parent company","Shares/Equity"]
[12800,43884,"Tochi Irrigation Project",3016,"Government of Uganda","Parent company"]

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["Investor ID","Name","Country of registration/origin","Classification","Investor homepage","Opencorporates link","Comment","Action comment"]
[1562,"Mehta Group","India","Private company",null,null,"The Mehta Group is a conglomerate with a wide range of activities which include sugar and floriculture in Uganda, cement and textile in India, packaging in Canada and the US."]
[3016,"Government of Uganda","Uganda","State-/government (owned) company"]
[38122,"Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited (SCOUL)","Uganda","Private company",null,null,"The Mehta Group is a conglomerate with a wide range of activities which include sugar and floriculture "]