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General info | ||
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| Comment on land area | Company website states 600 acres. Grain report mentions 650 hectares. 650ha is the total intended size to be introduced in phases. The other source says 1,482-acre | Company website states 600 acres. Grain report mentions 650 hectares. 650 ha is the total intended size to be introduced in phases. |
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| Carbon offset project | No | |
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| Comment on implementation status | Started production in 2013. Not sure what the status is in 2020. | The Kitoko Food Farm project, initiated in 2012 by the Gertler Family Foundation and the Fleurette Group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, faced significant challenges starting in December 2017 due to U.S. sanctions. These sanctions disrupted the foundation's activities, including Kitoko Food Farm. As of November 2024, no public information indicates that the project has resumed operations, suggesting it likely remains inactive. |
Employment | ||
| Comment on jobs created (domestic) | The farm currently employs 107 local Congolese. | |
Investor info | ||
| Name of investment project | Kitoko Food Farm | |
| Comment on investment chain | The Fleurette Group (Fleurette) announced a further financial commitment of $1.5 million for 2014 to Kitoko Food, bringing the total investment made by Fleurette in the project to $14 million since it was established in June 2012.
Also known as KITOKOFOOD, | |
Local communities / indigenous peoples | ||
Former use | ||
Produce info | ||
| Comment on crops | Kitoko workers have already harvested several tons of produce from the 4-hectares (10-acre)pilot farm. Another 60 hectares (148 acres) and will be planted in January 2014. Final
development plans call for an additional 283 hectares (700 acres) of intensive fruit and
vegetable production, 243 hectares (600 acres) of goat grazing and 28 hectares (70 acres) for
fish production | |
Water | ||
Gender-related info | ||
Overall comment | ||
Meta | ||
Locations | ||
Location #JP3fWBFb | ||
| Description | 70 Avenue Batetela, Immeuble Tilapia, 5e etage, Gombe, Kinshasa | |
| Comment | along the banks of the N’Sele River, some 50 kilometers outside the capital of Kinshasa | Situated along the banks of the N’Sele River, some 50 kilometers outside the capital of Kinshasa |
Data sources | ||
Data source #ESd7-dUB | ||
| Url | ||
| Organisation | Gertler Family Foundation | |
| Comment on data source | Gertler Family Foundation | URL not found
http://www.gertlerfamilyfoundation.org/en/projects-kff.html |
Data source #aDY87mD5 | ||
| Url | ||
| Comment on data source | website under construction | Url link no longer available: http://fleurettegroup.com/ |
Data source #G4RDPKEi | ||
| Publication title | Kitoko Food | AgriLiving Kitoko Food |
| Organisation | Kitoko Food | |
| Comment on data source | Company website | Company website |
Data source #zaY3QZHC | ||
| Publication title | Kitoko Food Farm Showcases Fleurette Group Innovative Agriculture Project to African Progress Panel | |
| Organisation | Fleurette Group | |
Data source #wgRms9Zw | ||
| Publication title | The global farmland grab in 2016: how big, how bad? | |
| Date | 2016-06-14 | |
| Organisation | Grain | |
| Comment on data source | The global farmland grab in 201: how big, how bad? | |
Data source #HHqvc1tD | ||
| Publication title | Kitoko Food Farm Begins Trial Harvest, Yields Abundance of Fresh Produce | |
| Organisation | knowledge by lanes | |
Data source #grcbJDo5 | ||
| Url | ||
| Organisation | Kitoko Food Farm | |
| Comment on data source | Kitoko Food Farm, DRC help for food insecurity in the Democratic Republic of Congo. | Kitoko Food Farm, DRC help for food insecurity in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Url link no longer available: https://googleearthcommunity.proboards.com/thread/3834/kitoko-food-farm-drc |
Data source #yu36MjZw | ||
| File | ||
| Organisation | Fleurette Group | |
Contracts | ||