One source mentions that the agreement states 20 000ha will be granted but in 2013 only 3570ha had been granted and other proposed plots were too far away from the factory (Will Africa Feed China). The shapefile has a size of 7794 ha. Another source states 12000ha has been planted, however this can not be verified.

One source mentions that the agreement states 20 000ha will be granted but in 2013 only 3570ha had been granted and other proposed plots were too far away from the factory (Will Africa Feed China). The shapefile has a size of 7794 ha. Another source states 12000ha has been planted, however this can not be verified. According to surveys carried out on June 07, 2024, the agro-industry operates an area of 9600 hectares.

Sugar and alcohol from the ethanol.

Sugar and alcohol from the ethanol.

Bail de l'office du Niger situés principalement dans le périmètre de l'Office du Niger.

In 1996, the Malian government and the China Light Industrial Corporation for Foreign Economic and Technical Cooperation (CLETC) entered into a joint venture to establish the Mali Sugar Conglomerate, with CLETC holding 60% of the company and the government holding 40%. The Conglomerate took control of two sugar factories that had been built with Chinese assistance in the 1960s and 1970s and sugar-cane plantations (#2190 and #1484). In 2009, the Malian government signed a deal with CLETC to establish a new sugar project, in which CLETC was given a 50-year renewable lease on 20,000 ha of lands in the Office du Niger for irrigated sugar-cane production. The coup in Mali in 2012 delayed the construction and implementation of the project. Investor complaining that the land is not good quality.

In 1996, the Malian government and the China Light Industrial Corporation for Foreign Economic and Technical Cooperation (CLETC) entered into a joint venture to establish the Mali Sugar Conglomerate, with CLETC holding 60% of the company and the government holding 40%. The Conglomerate took control of two sugar factories that had been built with Chinese assistance in the 1960s and 1970s and sugar-cane plantations (#2190 and #1484). In 2009, the Malian government signed a deal with CLETC to establish a new sugar project, in which CLETC was given a 50-year renewable lease on 20,000 ha of lands in the Office du Niger for irrigated sugar-cane production. The coup in Mali in 2012 delayed the construction and implementation of the project. Investor complaining that the land is not good quality. Still in operation in 2024.

Disposant d’une superficie cultivable de 20 000 ha de canne à sucre, le plan prévisionnel d’exploitation prévoyait la création de 740 emplois permanents et 10 500 emplois saisonniers. (wikipedia)

N'Sukula

Several farmers have been evicted. The farmers wanted the land which another investor abandoned but this land was granted to a new investor.

Several farmers have been evicted. The farmers wanted the land which another investor abandoned but this land was granted to a new investor. According to the Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Local Community (june, 2024), 2000 people were actually displaced for the installation of the investment project and 1200 people were displaced only from their agricultural fields.

Total production (140,000 tonnes) remains below annual national consumption, estimated at 250,000 tonnes a year, but this shortfall should be covered by another new sugar mill, built in Markala in cooperation with India, which should produce 200,000 tonnes a year. (wikipedia)

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