Deal #1562

Mozambique
Created at
2013-02-15
Last update
2024-06-28
Last full update
2024-06-28

Land area

Intended size
20 000 ha
Size under contract (leased or purchased area)
  • [2009, current] 1800 ha
Size in operation (production)
  • [2011, current] 400 ha
Comment on land area
Only 1800 ha obtained, rest legal issues. Expansion phase I to 6,000ha, eventually to 20,000ha

Intention of investment

Intention of investment
  • [2009, current] Food crops (20000 ha)
Comment on intention of investment
Cultivation of rice

Carbon offset project

Carbon offset project
No

Nature of the deal

Nature of the deal
Lease

Negotiation status

Negotiation status
  • [2009-08-14, current] Concluded (Contract signed)
Comment on negotiation status
implementation delayed due to land conflicts (stand: June 2011); originally it was intended to plant rice in an area of 6000 ha in the initial phase beginning in September 2011.On 14 August 2009 the $30 million Bela Vista-Rice Project was launched in Maputo by the consortium formed by Libya Africa Investment Portfolio (LAP) and the Mozambican company Ubuntu SA.

Implementation status

Implementation status
  • [2011, current] Startup phase (no production)
Comment on implementation status
implementation delayed due to land conflicts (stand: June 2011); originally it was intended to plant rice in an area of 6000 ha in the initial phase beginning in September 2011. Delay also due to the fall of the Gaddafi government.

Contract farming

Contract farming
No