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Deal #7911 Version #81592

Senegal

Created at

2020-05-19

Last update

2020-05-25

Last full update

2022-09-06

Land area

Intended size

3 394 ha

Size under contract (leased or purchased area)

[2013-07-04, current] 1500.0 ha

Size in operation (production)

[current] 2700.0 ha

Comment on land area

The district of Diama made available to CASL in July 2013 an area of one thousand five hundred hectares (1,500 Ha), intended for agricultural production. A few years later, they increased this area to 3394 ha, with 2700ha in operation 3600 ha for contract farming.

Intention of investment

[current] Food crops (2700.0 ha)

Comment on intention of investment

The Rice Project of the CASL aims to promote the food security in Senegal by locally producing white rice for exportation and the local market.

Nature of the deal

Comment on nature of the deal

It is an allocation

Negotiation status

[2013-07-04, current] Concluded (Contract signed)

Implementation status

[current] In operation (production)

Purchase price

Comment on purchase price

The land has been affected. They don't pay. But they are just going to give the commune an annual budget support of ten million (10,000,000) CFA francs to help finance the annual investment plan.

Contract farming

Yes

Not on leased / purchased (out-grower)

Yes

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

[2017] 1500.0 ha 67
[current] 3600.0 ha 160

Comment on contract farming

CASL produces quality rice for all Senegalese. It is firmly convinced that Senegal's self-sufficiency in rice can only be achieved through close cooperation between small producers and large farms. It is with this in mind that the cultivation contracts have been set up.