Deal #4059

Senegal
Created at
2013-09-06
Last update
2024-09-13

Land area

Intended size
2 750 ha
Size under contract (leased or purchased area)
  • [2009-06-03, current] 2750 ha
Size in operation (production)
  • [2011, current] 574 ha
Comment on land area
The project aims to improve the overall productivity of Senegal’s western and central cultivated lands, by developing Jatropha curcas plantations. The plantations are foreseen to cover a total area of 1411 hectares of degraded soils mainly in the surroundings of the cities of Ourour and Kaffrine.

Intention of investment

Intention of investment
  • [2009-06-03, current] Biomass for biofuels, Food crops, For carbon sequestration/REDD (2750 ha)
Comment on intention of investment
Jatropha plantation with proposed carbon trading benefits, with peanuts also being grown on the available land.

Carbon offset project

Carbon offset project
Yes
Comment on carbon offset project
Carbon offset project

Nature of the deal

Nature of the deal
Lease

Negotiation status

Negotiation status
  • [2009-06-03, current] Concluded (Contract signed)

Implementation status

Implementation status
  • [2008] Startup phase (no production)
  • [2013] In operation (production)
  • [2020, current] In operation (production)
Comment on implementation status
Nurseries set up in 2008. The project may be abandoned. According to the International Database on REDD+ projects and programs published by CIRAD and updated on September 15, 2020, the project was still ongoing.

Contract farming

Contract farming
No