Deal #1950

Egyptian government announced that it would be sending a committee to assess farmland in Uganda to grow wheat to then import back into Egypt. "The Ugandan government has reportedly leased 2m feddans of land (840,127 ha) – a staggering 2.2% of Uganda’s total area – in various parts of the country to Egypt..." (Seized! GRAIN Briefing Annex. The 2008 land grabbers for food and financial security. Data Source #2)

"...produce wheat and maize for export to Cairo. ... it will focus on wheat and organic beef for export to Egypt; they hope small farmers, not large, will be contracted for production; the Egyptians may build abattoirs in Uganda for the scheme; and it will be financed by the private sector... Initial activities will include setting up trials to determine which varieties will grow well in Uganda." (Seized! GRAIN Briefing Annex. The 2008 land grabbers for food and financial security. Data Source #2)

Grain states the project was never materialised and the year of failure was 2008 (https://grain.org/article/entries/5958-failed-farmland-deals-a-growing-legacy-of-disaster-and-pain)