40,000 Ha Sugar Cane Project
Project Description
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Project activities include:
Land development
- – Develop 20,000 Ha under management of ARDA
- – 20,000 under out-grower scheme management
Irrigation Development
- – Construction of Kondo Dam and night storage dams
- – Pumping units and in-field canal systems for gravitational flood irrigation system
- – Seed propagation and establishment of new plantations
- – Sourcing of 1,000 Ha seed material from local and regional markets and established over six months
- – Transplanting after month nine at a rate of 300 Ha per month for next 10 years
- – Mechanization of 50% field operations
- – Mechanized planting
- – Mechanized harvesting
- – Establish plant sugar-ethanol plant
- – Develop a flexi-technology for varying proportions of sugar and ethanol production.
Electricity generation:
- – Establish a thermal power plant using sugarcane as a by-product to heat water, turn turbines and generate electricity
PROJECT LOCATION: Middle Sabi West Bank in Chipinge District, Manicaland Province
LEAD AGENCY/ PROJECT PROMOTER: Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA)
CONTACT: Agricultural and Rural Development Authority Name:
ACTIONS REQUIRED/ IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS/ CONTRACT TYPE:
Loan financing/ Build Own Transfer (BOT)
INVESTMENT REQUIRED:
USD 350 million
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Country
Zimbabwe
Location (s)
Sector
Agriculture & Food Processing
Sub Sector
Agriculture
Investment Value Range
+ 100 million USD
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