Deal #4309

Zimbabwe
Created at
2014-03-12
Last update
2024-04-17
Last full update
2024-04-17

Land area

Intended size
12 400 ha
Size under contract (leased or purchased area)
  • [2006, current] 12400 ha
Comment on land area
(124 square kilometers). 4000 ha have been taken away from the company between this case and #4306 (not clear what the land split is). The land was taken away by the Masvingo provincial leadership as part of the resettlement program. Letters were issued to 300 farmers to venture into commercial sugar production at Hippo Valley and Triangle Estates. The sugar workers union and government are opposing this move.

Intention of investment

Intention of investment
  • [2006, current] Biomass for biofuels, Food crops, Renewable energy unspecified (12400 ha)

Carbon offset project

Carbon offset project
No

Nature of the deal

Nature of the deal
Outright purchase

Negotiation status

Negotiation status
  • [2006, current] Concluded (Contract signed)
Comment on negotiation status
Zimbabwe government officials are allegedly debating whether to expropriate Tongaat Hulett's farmlands.

Implementation status

Implementation status
  • [1959, current] In operation (production)

Contract farming

Contract farming
Yes
On leased / purchased
Yes
On leased area/farmers/households
  • [2020, current] 3500 ha
Comment on contract farming
The company has allocated private farmers 15880ha land- on the leased area- through its Rural Sugarcane Farming Community Project between this project and #4306. Government is providing inputs under Command Agriculture, while Tongaat and Masvingo Development Trust (MDT) are providing technical expertise and land for the venture. irrigated winter maize and traditional grains. In 2020, 1600ha under maize, expanding traditional grain to 1900ha.