(Bio)Fueling Injustice? - Europafrica

Annex II. Summary of large (2,000 – 100,000 ha) land allocations for agrofuels in the Office du Niger, Mali
compiled by the Oakland Institute in 2011
Source: The Oakland Institute, “Country Report: Mali” Understanding Land Investment Deals in Africa (2011), p. 20-23.
Investor /
Leaseholder*
Origin / Shareholders / Financing /
Parent Companies
Surface
(ha)
Details of the Investments Stated purposes
Agroenerbio S.A.*** Mali 40,000 Agrofuels
Assil Meroueh Ivory Coast 5,000 Jatropha
Baba Seid Bally (SBB
BIO)
HUICOMA
(GOUPE TOMOTA)
Burkina Faso 10,000
Mali
- Tomota Group is owned by billionaire
Alou Tomota
- Financial partners have included
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
and
AFD (Agence Française de
Développement)
100,000
- In Sept. 2010, the PDG of the Office du
Niger told the media no lease had been
signed yet; Office du Niger map of Oct. 2010
shows allocation of 100,000 ha - No
resettlement plan; Expropriations have been
reported
- Employment projections:~ 1,000
Company activity: “agriculture
energy” Agrofuels
-Company says it will cultivate
oleaginous crops (sunflowers,
soya, peanuts, karité, jatropha)
and produce comestible oils
although jatropha is not edible
- it says “surplus” can be sold to
those wishing to make agrofuels
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