Deal #4433
Malawi
Created at
2014-08-14
Last update
2020-02-20
Last full update
2018-11-23
Former land owner (not by constitution)
Former land owner
Private (large-scale farm), Community
Comment on former land owner
Lonrho Sugar originally leased the land in the 1970's. The community claims that Lonrho Sugar illegally included 600 hectares of community land as part of the sugar cane plantation. The dispute is on-going despite the fact that the farmers have been paid compensation by the government of Malawi.
Former land use
Former land use
Commercial (large-scale) agriculture, Pastoralism
Former land cover
Former land cover
Cropland
Comment on former land cover
Lonrho Sugar also planted sugarcane