List Nkosi Areas May 2009 incl GPS.xls List Nkosi Areas May 2009 incl GPS.xls
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Undeveloped Land Available through GroPower Initiatives:


1.0 South Africa:

Northern Zululand / Border with Swaziland 40,000 Ha / Alt 800m Rainfall 1200mm ave day-time temp 24C Limited Irrigation potential[see pic below].

Northern Zululand border with Mozambique 10,000 Ha / Alt 200m Rainfall 1200mm ave daytime temp 28C Irrigation only from Boreholes

Eastern Cape Province
Various tracts up to 10,000 Ha / Alt 150 to 750m Rainfall up to 1600mm Daytime temp ave 18-23C.


2.0 Mozambique:

  • 10,000 Ha: Varous lots in Gaza Province:
  • Alt up to 600m
  • Rainfall up to 1600mm 
  • Day-time temp ave 28C up to 38C in summer.

3.0 Swaziland:

We have been offered suitable land in this mountain Kingdom, to further develop on already established initiatives for the planting of Jatropha Curcas.

In addition, we seek access to established foretsry plantations, for the recovery of the trim waste, bark and other residues, for use as BioMass feedstock.


4.0 Ethiopia:

Awusa area on Lake Awusa up to 85,000 Ha 450 km south of Addis.
  • Alt 1200m+
  • Ave daytime temp 28C+
  • Rainfall 1800mm.

The Harar area midway between Addis Ababa and the Coastal port of Djibouti is also favoured because of the proximity of established transport infrastructure. However no approach has been made at this stage, to secure this preferred location.

5.0 General Comments:

5.1 Cost and Security of Title:

These land options are generally NOT available for outright purchase, but will be secured by way of Notarial long-term lease arrangements, starting with 30-year or longer (provisional) leases and with options to extend and renew the leasehold title.


5.2 Community participation:

Because these countries have large unemployed populations, in these rural areas, it will be useful to engage and partner with these communities, via the land-lease arrangement, for the provision of labour for planting, maintenance and harvesting, as well as for the production of inter-row and other parallel food crops.


5.3 Out-grower Plantation Development,
      Maintenance and Harvesting:

An "Out-grower model" has been developed in each of the following; Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Mozambique and Swaziland already (by existing BioFuel crop developers), established in those countries. This ensures active and committed participation by the rural people that were previously reliant mostly on subsistence agriculture and a pastoral livelihood.


5.4 Everyone wins:

This model also results in a win-win situation, insofar as access to the land for inter-row food-cropping being retained by these Out-grower (Co-operative) members.

No-one is then deprived of their land or access thereto and no removals or relocations are necessary, further cementing and strengthening sutainable community relations.


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