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Deal #5414 Version #89749

Senegal
Created at
2017-03-30
Last update
2023-03-06
Last full update
2024-05-17

Land area

Intended size
1 000 ha
Size under contract (leased or purchased area)
  • [2016, current] 1000 ha
Comment on land area
Another source mentions 300ha, although it is not clear if this is related to the same deal, or a different deal.

Intention of investment

Intention of investment
  • [2016, current] Food crops (1000 ha)

Nature of the deal

Nature of the deal
Lease

Negotiation status

Negotiation status
  • Intended (Under negotiation)
  • [2016] Concluded (Contract signed)
  • [2022] Concluded (Change of ownership)
  • [2016, current] Concluded (Contract signed)
Comment on negotiation status
Senegindia SARL become Swami Agri in 2022. For the moment we do not know the reasons for the change. But it is understood that the new investor is using the same contract signed previously in 2016.

Implementation status

Implementation status
  • [2016, current] Startup phase (no production)
Comment on implementation status
Supreme court ordered the cessation of work on the concession on 22:12:2016. However the investor carries on with the preparation work. The community is protesting. After clashes between security forces and the people of Diokoul, followed by a series of arrests of 20 people involved in this land dispute between some of the farmers of Diokoul and the Indian company Senegindia, the dispute is finally coming to an end with the renunciation and withdrawal of the Indians from the land.

Contract farming

Contract farming
No