Deal #2335

In Sudan the company has a 50-50 joint venture with the Arab Sudanese Blue Nile Agricultural Company (Agadi), which is part-owned by the Government of Sudan. The venture has 11,000 ha under crops (2011) but will expand to 100,000 ha. Expecting 20 000ha to be harvested in June 2015, and an additional 25 000ha in November 2015. Experimental section of 400ha of cotton and 100ha of soy in 2010. In 2013 5,500 hectares were cultivated in cotton, 2,000 hectares in maize, 2,000 hectares in sorghum, 500 hectares in beans and 500 hectares in sunflower. One source states the crop covers 12,000 hectares of cotton, 2,000 hectares of soy, 5,000 hectares of corn and an experimental project for beans. The size under contract may have increased since the original lease was signed.

Planting began on the 20th of June 2010.