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Xinavane Sugar Estate Rehabilitation Project

Mozambique

Borrower Mozambique
Financing Type Public Sector
Instrument Project Loan
Focus Area Agriculture
Approved 09.09.1997
Signed 16.02.1998
Status Completed
Loan Administrator KFAED
Executing Agency Ministry of Agriculture
Co-financiers KFAED, BADEA, Nedbank, Azuc. Xinavane
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) 10.00
Total Project Cost (US$m) 55.64

This project will help Mozambique revitalize its sugar industry by rehabilitating and expanding a 7,000 ha sugar plantation situated 110 km from the capital Maputo, boosting production to 414,000 tons of cane per year. Works will include:

  • repair of pumping stations;
  • repair of irrigation and drainage networks; and
  • purchase of new equipment.
The project is expected to create employment opportunities for some 70,000 people.

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