Deal #1474

25,000 hectares on lease, investment agreement for 100,000 hectares.The Malibya project aims to irrigate 100,000 hectares of land. As of August 2010, work had begun but agricultural activities had not started. Since 2011, 25,000 hectares have been develop

The primary stated objective for land use is agricultural cultivation, livestock farming, and the processing of agricultural products.

Renewable up to 99 years.

Construction of irrigation channel and asphalt road. Implementation status unsure after fall of Libyan government under Khadafi. Mali's government is unsure what will happen with the deal since the collapse of Libya's government. The future of the project is unclear. One source states that after the civil war started in February 2011 and the coalition forces winning a few months later, the project stopped. One source states that the company has begun working with Spanish partners. Communities are calling for the land and facilities to be made available to them (July 2019). As of August 2010, work had begun but agricultural activities had not started. Since 2011, 25,000 hectares have been developed. Work has ceased following Gaddafi's death.

Land is free- on the condition that Libya build canals and roads to cultivate rice and cattle there (from contract and research report).

One source states that the land was supposed to be made available to those the project dispossessed.