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Deal #1798 Version #55479

Sierra Leone

Created at

2013-02-15

Last update

2014-07-29

Last full update

2024-04-10

Consultation of local community

Community consultation

Limited consultation

How did the community react?

Community reaction

Rejection

Displacement of people

Number of people actually displaced

30 000

Comment on displacement of people

13,617 according to one source;84 30,000 on the lease area belonging to 92 land-owning groups, according to Addax Bioenergy’s spokesperson The African Development Bank estimated that that about 13,600 people in 52 villages would be affected.

Promised or received compensation

Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)

12 USD per ha per year, 64% of which goes directly to the owner

Promised benefits for local communities

Capacity building, Financial support

Comment on promised benefits for local communities

Farmer Development Programme that involves farmer training and ploughing community plots for three years and providing inputs of seed rice and fertilizer for communities, and has resulted in an increase in rice yields in the Addax Bioenergy project area