Deal #5293 Version 86946 Version 87258
Size under contract (leased or purchased area)
  • [2014, current] 2893 ha
  • [2014-01-27, current] 2893 ha
Intention of investment
  • [current] Food crops, Livestock (2893 ha)
  • [2014-01-27, current] Food crops, Livestock (2893 ha)
Comment on intention of investment
Productiom of poultry feed and day-old chicks.
Comment on nature of the deal
Purchased by Silverlands in 2015.
Negotiation status
  • [2014-01-27, current] Concluded (Contract signed)
  • [2005] Concluded (Contract signed)
  • Concluded (Change of ownership)
  • [2014-01-27, current] Concluded (Contract signed)
Comment on negotiation status
In 2005 the plot was acquired by Selous Farming Limited and finally purchased by Silverlands in 2015. Anothersources states Silverlands obtained the land in 2014.
Comment on investment chain
Selous farm represented the major production site of Selous Farming Limited, a company founded in 2005.
Selous farm represented the major production site of Selous Farming Limited. In 2005 the plot was acquired by Selous Farming Limited and finally purchased by Silverlands in 2015. Another source states Silverlands obtained the land in 2014.
Materialized benefits for local communities
Education, Productive infrastructure (e.g. irrigation, tractors, machinery...), Financial support, Other
Education, Productive infrastructure (e.g. irrigation, tractors, machinery...), Roads, Capacity building
Comment on materialized benefits for local communities
Selous has provided 4.5 tonnes of maize and beans to a local orphanage, construction material to build classrooms at local schools and installed water pumps in neighboring communities. Silverlands’ financial support to the surrounding villages has contributed to endow the local administration with better infrastructures and social services.
Selous has provided 4.5 tonnes of maize and beans to a local orphanage, construction material to build classrooms at local schools and installed water pumps in neighboring communities. Silverlands’ financial support to the surrounding villages has contributed to endow the local administration with better infrastructures and social services. A training program will be developed to train small-scale crop and poultry farmers in more efficient production techniques. Finally, the project will have significant human capacity building impacts by creating dozens of new local jobs in a country with a national unemployment
Comment on livestock
Poultry
In country processing of produce
Yes
Processing facilities / production infrastructure of the project (e.g. oil mill, ethanol distillery, biomass power plant etc.)
Poultry breeding operation which includes rearing, laying and hatching facilities
Fully updated
No
Yes

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Url
Comment on data source
URL no longer working- https://www.opic.gov/sites/default/files/files/silverlands-info-summary.pdf

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Publication title
The farmland grab in 2016: how big?how bad? June 2016
Date
2016-06
Organisation
Grain
Comment on data source
Grain The farmland grab in 2016: how big?how bad? June 2016

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Publication title
Diversification: spreading the risk on a Tanzanian farm
Organisation
Farmers weekly
Comment on data source
Farmers weekly- Diversification: spreading the risk on a Tanzanian farm

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Name
Alberto Loda
Comment on data source
Thesis >10mb

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Organisation
MIGA

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Organisation
silverstreet capital