| Deal #5295 | Version 88926 | Version 89152 |
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General info | ||
| Comment on intention of investment | Soya Beans production | |
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| Comment on implementation status | Sao Hill no longer listed on Agdevco website under Tanzania investments. | Sao Hill no longer listed on Agdevco website under Tanzania investments. Neither AgDevCo nor Green Resources makes any mention of Sao Hill Agriculture anymore. We can not find any evidence that the project is still operational. Listed as project abandoned. |
| Comment on contract farming | Developing an outgrower programme with financial assistance from the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund.
368 improved livelihoods for outgrowers through technical assistance, inputs and guaranteed mar | Developing an outgrower programme with financial assistance from the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund. 368 improved livelihoods for outgrowers through technical assistance, inputs and guaranteed market. Outgrowers received over $70,000 in 2014. Soyabean should be sourced from their own farm and some 5,000 outgrowers (SAGCOT, 2012b).
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Employment | ||
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Investor info | ||
| Comment on investment chain | Sao Hill Industries Ltd is a subsidiary of Green Resources AS (GRAS), Africa’s leading Forestation Company and a leader in East African wood processing. | Sao Hill Industries Ltd is a subsidiary of Green Resources AS (GRAS), Africa’s leading Forestation Company and a leader in East African wood processing. AgDevCo contributed US$1 million towards the company while Green Resources contributed the 1,000-ha farm. |
Local communities / indigenous peoples | ||
Former use | ||
Produce info | ||
| In country processing of produce | Yes | |
| Processing facilities / production infrastructure of the project (e.g. oil mill, ethanol distillery, biomass power plant etc.) | There are promising plans by SAO Hill Agriculture to develop large-scale soyabean processing and animal feed production facilities in the cluster | |
Water | ||
Gender-related info | ||
Overall comment | ||
| Overall comment | Neither AgDevCo nor Green Resources makes any mention of Sao Hill Agriculture anymore. This initiative might have come to a halt?
AgDevCo contributed US$1 million towards the company while Green Resources contributed the 1,000-ha farm.
Green Resources is also involved in Sao Hill Forestry- which was initiated before the year 2000 (http://www.saohill.co.tz/about-SHI.html), but this is different from the agriculture plantation. | Green Resources is also involved in Sao Hill Forestry- which was initiated before the year 2000 (http://www.saohill.co.tz/about-SHI.html), but this is different from the agriculture plantation. It also operates East Africa’s largest sawmill in Tanzania, transmission pole treatment and charcoal plants in,Tanzania and Uganda. GRAS is also one of the first global companies to receive carbon revenue from its plantation forests. |
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Data sources | ||
Data source #tYJK6w8n | ||
| Organisation | GRAIN | |
| Comment on data source | GRAIN | |
Data source #mA_GP1BV | ||
| Organisation | SAO HILL AGRICULTURE (SHA) | |
Data source #Cchhh0Lk | ||
| Organisation | Green Resource | |
| Comment on data source | Green Resource | |
Data source #lAsw6rNt | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Research Paper / Policy Report | |
| Url | ||
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | Evaluation of Market Opportunities for Soybean in Tanzania | |
| Date | 2012-12 | |
| Organisation | CRF | |
Data source #1l1GQH-B | ||
| File | ||
| Type | Media report | |
| Url | ||
| Keep PDF not public | No | |
| Publication title | Background information on agronomy, farming systems and ongoing projects on grain legumes in Tanzania | |
| Date | 2013-07 | |
| Name | Esther Ronner, Ken E. Gille | |
n2africa.office@wur.nl | ||
| Comment on data source | Milestone reference number: S 1.2.2 | |
Contracts | ||