EcoEnergy Tanzania EcoEnergy Tanzania - EcoEnergy Jordbruksprojekt för tillverkning av socker, etanol och förnybar      energi i Bagamoyo, Tanzania. Projektet avser bidra till jobbskapande  och bred ekonomisk utveckling i Bagamoyo. Denna insats avser          gåvomedel för att möjliggöra en start av projektet, som övergår i    ett mer omfattande fas när lån från Afrikanska Utvecklingsbanken blir tillgängligt (vilket Sida kommer bereda en garanti för). Agricultural greenfield project for production of sugar, ethanol and  renewable energy in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. The project aims to result in job opportunities and economic growth in Bagamoyo. This contribution  is a grant, enabling the start of the project. When a larger loan     from African Development Bank is made available the project will be   scaled up (for which Sida will consider supplying a guarantee). The project aims at establishing approximately 7800ha greenfield sugarcane plantation in the Bagamoyo area in Tazania for the production of sugar with ethanol and renewable energy as bi-products. The project aims at directly contracting around 2000 people on site and involving up to 1500 local farmers, i.e. outgrowers, for the growing of approximately 3000ha additional sugarcane. The investment is made on commercial grounds and is anticipated to bring local development opportunities in the form of 2000 direct employment opportunities on the site as factory and plantation work. It is also anticipated to bring an additional 10000-13000 indirect job opportunities through provision of products and services to the sugar estate. This includes the 1500 outgrowers. The project is anticipated to inject approximately USD 13 000 000 annually into the local economy. During the development phase of this project a number of difficulties relating to larger scale investments in Tanzania have been highlighted and its implementation thus has the potential to contribute to improvement of the business and investment climate in Tanzania, particularly in the agricultural sector.