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Deal #1976 Version #56438

Uganda

Created at

2013-02-15

Last update

2017-06-01

Last full update

2022-09-07

Former land owner (not by constitution)

Former land owner

State, Private (large-scale farm)

Comment on former land owner

5,500 hectares of land were allocated from the Sempa Family, and 3,000 hectares out of public land in the same district for this project. However the land was occupied by illegal squatters, as it was not being used by the Sempa Family.

Former land use

Smallholder agriculture, Pastoralism, Forestry

Comment on former land use

The Sempa family were not using the land. Illegal squatters were growing coffee, bananas, cassava and potatoes on some of the land.

Former land cover

Cropland, Forest land, Shrub land/Grassland (Rangeland)

Comment on former land cover

Approximately 3600 hectares of natural forest was removed to plant oil palms- causing severe environmental degradation and water pollution. The operations occur on an island of Lake Victoria which has high biodiversity.