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Deal #3463 Version #61332

Liberia
Created at
2013-03-25
Last update
2016-12-01
Last full update
2024-03-05

Land area

Intended size
8 800 ha
Size under contract (leased or purchased area)
  • [2010, current] 8800.0 ha
Comment on land area
8800 hectare for company production and 6400ha for outgrower scheme.

Intention of investment

Intention of investment
  • [current] Agriculture unspecified, For carbon sequestration/REDD
Comment on intention of investment
The company is entitled to sell the carbon rights.

Nature of the deal

Nature of the deal
Lease
Comment on nature of the deal
Duration 25 years with an option for automatic extentsion for a futher ten years upon the company's request, granted that the company has kept its contractual obligations.

Negotiation status

Negotiation status
  • [2010] Concluded (Oral Agreement)
  • [2011, current] Concluded (Contract signed)
Comment on negotiation status
The company won the bid for the plantation in 2010 and was authorised to begin production from 2010, however the contract was only signed in 2011. US$ 64 million dollar investment- US$ 48 million for the development of the company plantation and US$15 million for the outgrower plantation.

Implementation status

Implementation status
  • [2010, current] Startup phase (no production)
Comment on implementation status
This plantation was formerly state owned (production commencement date is unknown). Sifca is planting palm-oil seeds on 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres) of land in south-eastern Liberia (2013).

Leasing fees

Comment on leasing fee
Investor was required to pay a once-off leasing fee of US$ 3100000 in 2011. Rental is set at $2.00 per developed acre and $1.00 per undeveloped acre and is subject to inflationary adjustments.

Contract farming

Contract farming
Yes
Not on leased / purchased (out-grower)
Yes
Not on leased area/farmers/households (out-grower)
  • [current] 6400.0 ha
Comment on contract farming
Purchase price shall be the export sales price, depending on the grade of produce.