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Deal #1968 Version #89967

Uganda

Created at

2013-02-15

Last update

2023-03-22

Last full update

2024-02-16

Land area

Intended size

11 000 ha

Size under contract (leased or purchased area)

[1990] 11000 ha
[2019, current] 29000 ha

Size in operation (production)

[2022-12, current] 13058 ha

Comment on land area

In 2019, Mr Balampali Ramesh, an agriculture engineer at Kinyara Sugar Works Ltd, said: “We used to have 15,000 hectares of sugarcane but now we have 29,000 hectares. The shapefile shows area in operation of 13058 ha

Intention of investment

[2019, current] Biomass for biofuels, Food crops, Renewable energy unspecified (29000 ha)

Negotiation status

[1990, current] Concluded (Contract signed)

Comment on negotiation status

Contract signed in the 1990s

Implementation status

[1976] In operation (production)
[2022, current] In operation (production)

Comment on implementation status

State-owned operation in the 1980s. Rehabilitated from 1986-1996. Still operational in 2022.

Contract farming

Yes

On leased / purchased

Not on leased / purchased (out-grower)

Yes

Not on leased area/farmers/households (out-grower)

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