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Deal #5901 Version #74155

Mozambique
Created at
2018-01-19
Last update
2021-07-16
Last full update
2022-06-24

Land area

Intended size
600 ha
Size under contract (leased or purchased area)
  • [current] 300.0 ha
Size in operation (production)
  • [2019, current] 80.0 ha
  • [2020] 117.0 ha
Comment on land area
covers over 600 hectares of land, on which 300 hectares will be turned over to producing bananas. 80 ha planted in 2019 and plan to expand the banana plantings in the area in due course.

Intention of investment

Intention of investment
  • [current] Food crops (300.0 ha)

Nature of the deal

Nature of the deal
Lease

Negotiation status

Negotiation status
  • [current] Concluded (Contract signed)

Implementation status

Implementation status
  • [2016, current] Project not started
  • [2019] In operation (production)
Comment on implementation status
In 2018, the project was put on hold due to the ongoing drought and planting recommenced planting in 2019. Quinta da Bela Vista Limitada (QBV) in Southern Mozambique fully began operations in 2019 and now has 117 ha planted to bananas. QBV began their first harvest in May 2020

Contract farming

Contract farming
No