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Deal #3433 Version #60933

Senegal

Created at

2013-03-22

Last update

2015-06-29

Last full update

2022-06-21

Land area

Intended size

27 000 ha

Size under contract (leased or purchased area)

[2010, current] 20000.0 ha

Size in operation (production)

[current] 7000.0 ha

Comment on land area

Project relocated from Fanaye after deadly protests. The eia states that the company will begin producing on 10000hectares initially.

Intention of investment

[current] Biomass for biofuels, Food crops

Comment on intention of investment

Some reports suggest that sunflower production has haltered in April 2014.

Nature of the deal

Lease

Negotiation status

[2012, current] Concluded (Contract signed)

Comment on negotiation status

Status unknown. Population at original site protested and forced the government to relocate the project.

Implementation status

[2013] Startup phase (no production)
[current] In operation (production)

Comment on implementation status

5,000ha cleared. Planting of sunflowers in process. More than 24,000 signatures were collected in one week through an international petition launched by ActionAid and Re:Common to ask Tampieri Group, a food processing company that operates in Faenza, to withdraw from a project in the Senegalese reserve of Ndiael. The company is producing on the land regardless of the fact that their operations are not transparent.

Leasing fees

Comment on leasing fee

Land has been attributed for free.