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Asili Farms is the largest grain and oilseed producer in Uganda on 13,500 acres of land in Northwestern Uganda~5463.2562 hecatares. Currently, the company has over 3,000 hectares of maize at various stages. However, another source claims Asili is farming on 1,200 ha of land in Western Uganda. The ultimate strategic goal of Asili is to have commercial farming operations on around 6,500 ha of long term leased land.

a large scale sustainably-cultivated commercial corn, soy and rice farm

The farm owns over 1,500 hectares of land while the rest is rented. Another report claims that Agilis is said to have bought ranches 21-22, from SODARI, an agricultural farm that collapsed. SODARI got a lease from government, which ends in 2025. However, it was revealed to the Land Commission of Inquiry that Agilis, bought land that was leased, yet legally, no one is supposed to buy leased land.

Asili became operational in January 2014

In 2018, Joseph Initiative with Asili Farms, trained more than 3,500 farmers and sourced grain from a network of 15,000 farmers.