Deal #6346

Land area

Intended size

3 000 ha

Size under contract (leased or purchased area)

[current] 3000 ha

Size in operation (production)

[2014-01-01] 2810 ha
[current] 1300 ha

Comment on land area

Intention is to plant 2,000ha. Not sure where the 2810ha planted was mentioned.

Intention of investment

[current] Food crops

Comment on intention of investment

Coffee plantations

Nature of the deal

Concession

Negotiation status

[2009, current] Concluded (Contract signed)

Comment on negotiation status

30 or 35 years

Implementation status

Startup phase (no production)
[2012] In operation (production)
[2019, current] Project abandoned

Comment on implementation status

Olam is growing coffee on 1,300 hectares of land in the rich volcanic soils at the heart of the Bolaven Plateau with plans to expand to 2,000 hectares. [Source: Olam website] In 2019 Olam labeled the coffee plantations in Laos as deprioritised business and will divest from the project The ESIA and land survey were conducted by the District and Provincial government, funded by OBL. These reports identified that, of the 1,300ha surveyed, only 127 ha was being used by communities for farming and 1,173 ha was available for plantation development. No community baseline survey was conducted pre-project for the ESIA. [Source: VFI].

Contract farming

Yes

Not on leased / purchased (out-grower)

Yes

Not on leased area/farmers/households (out-grower)

[current] 2500