Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni, has launched an organic phosphate fertiliser project as part of the $620m Uganda China (Guangdong) free zone of international industrial cooperation. The project, which is expected to be completed by 2015, will produce about a million tonnes of fertilizer per year and help boost food production in Uganda, where more than half the population lives on less than $2 Chinese company Dongsong Energy Group (Uganda Limited) will operate the site, which will employ 1,400 people in its first phase, potentially increasing to 3,000 workers later.
Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni, has launched an organic phosphate fertiliser project as part of the $620m Uganda China (Guangdong) free zone of international industrial cooperation. Situated in Sukulu village, the Sukulu phosphate comprehensive industrial project will begin producing 50,000 metric tonnes (mt) of purely organic fertiliser, with plans to increase this to 100,000 mt as demand grows, meaning that Uganda will no longer spend $50m a year importing fertiliser from China. Chinese company Dongsong Energy Group (Uganda Limited) will operate the site, which will employ 1,400 people in its first phase, potentially increasing to 3,000 workers later.