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The Honest Picture

Fertile land is abundant. Equipment and finance are not.

Despite the availability of fertile, arable land, the region faces a glaring lack of agricultural machinery: tractors and their accessories for cultivating, planters, fertiliser and insecticide sprayers, combine harvesters, cleaning and drying machines, maize threshers, trailers and trucks.

Added to this is the absence of effective agricultural banks capable of supporting farmers at the levels required. Our call is precisely at these two levels: we invite investors and partners to jointly develop agriculture in Uganda, DR Congo and the Central African Republic, where millions of hectares of arable land await pioneers, so the current famine can be stopped.

Ways to Work With Us

Partnership models

Financial Partners

Co-invest in season programmes with defined budgets covering land preparation, planting, crop care, harvest and delivery. Full figures are set out below.

Equipment Partners

Supply or finance the machinery our programmes require: tractors, planters, harvesters, threshers, drying and cleaning equipment, trailers and transport.

Offtake and Trade Partners

Secure reliable grain supply at scale: maize, soya, rice, sesame and chia, cleaned, dried and delivered to specification across the region.

What We Bring

The foundations are already in place

More than 15,000 hectares of secured, fertile land in Northern Uganda
Active production experience with maize and soya at 1,000+ hectare scale
Generational farming heritage through the ACOGENOKI cooperative story
A registered Ugandan company in a jurisdiction that encourages agricultural investment
A costed, season-by-season production programme covering the full value chain
A roadmap into DR Congo (82 million square metres of identified land) and the Central African Republic

Welcome, Partner

A fully mechanised, two-season grain programme, built to scale

Imena Commodities runs maize on 1,000 hectares and soya on 1,000 hectares (each equal to 2,470 acres) in Northern Uganda, one of the continent's most fertile and land-abundant farming regions. Uganda's climate supports two full growing seasons a year, and our fleet is fully mechanised end to end, from land preparation to post-harvest handling. The figures below are company projections prepared for planning and discussion.

Maize Programme

UGX 2,934,034,000 (approx. USD 799,464) across 1,000 hectares.

Soya Programme

UGX 2,981,534,000 (approx. USD 812,406) across 1,000 hectares.

Two Seasons a Year

Each budget covers a single season. The full cycle runs twice per year.

Figure 1

Maize on 1,000 hectares: one season

Maize season budget (1,000 ha = 2,470 acres, 25,000 kg seed)
Item	Unit Cost (UGX)	Season Total (UGX)	USD
Land hire (per acre)	100,000	247,000,000
Land cleaning	30,000	74,100,000
First ploughing	90,000	222,300,000
Second ploughing	85,000	209,950,000
Harrowing	60,000	148,200,000
Land preparation subtotal		901,550,000	245,654
Maize seed (25,000 kg @ 12,500)	12,500	312,500,000
Planter operations	190,000	469,300,000
Fertiliser	268	2,144,000
Fertiliser application	40,000	98,800,000
Spray (chemicals)		1,040,000
Spray application	40,000	98,800,000
Planting subtotal		982,584,000	267,734
Weeding: two cycles, chemicals and application		100,000,000
Weeding subtotal		100,000,000	27,248
Combine harvesting	190,000	469,300,000
Post-harvest handling	1,100,000	3,300,000
Transport (30-ton loads)	1,200,000	120,000,000
Cleaning and drying (per kg)	100	300,000,000
Storage (per ton per day)	300	54,000,000
Customer delivery	1,100,000	3,300,000
Harvest and handling subtotal		949,900,000	258,828
Total season investment		2,934,034,000	799,464

Maize projected returns (one season)
Item	Season Total (UGX)	USD
Conservative harvest: 3 tons per hectare	3,900,000,000	1,062,670
Projected margin at 3 tons per hectare		263,206
Normal harvest: 4 tons per hectare	5,200,000,000	1,416,893
Projected margin at 4 tons per hectare		617,429

Projected revenue and margins are based on the company's planning assumptions of 3 to 4 tons per hectare and prevailing regional prices at the time of preparation. Actual outcomes depend on weather, input costs, market prices and execution, and may differ materially.

Figure 2

Soya on 1,000 hectares: one season

Soya season budget (1,000 ha = 2,470 acres, 60,000 kg seed)
Item	Unit Cost (UGX)	Season Total (UGX)	USD
Land hire (per acre)	100,000	247,000,000
Land cleaning	30,000	74,100,000
First ploughing	90,000	222,300,000
Second ploughing	85,000	209,950,000
Harrowing	60,000	148,200,000
Land preparation subtotal		901,550,000	245,654
Soya seed (60,000 kg @ 6,000)	6,000	360,000,000
Planter operations	190,000	469,300,000
Fertiliser	268	2,144,000
Fertiliser application	40,000	98,800,000
Spray (chemicals)		1,040,000
Spray application	40,000	98,800,000
Planting subtotal		1,030,084,000	280,676
Weeding: two cycles, chemicals and application		100,000,000
Weeding subtotal		100,000,000	27,248
Combine harvesting	190,000	469,300,000
Post-harvest handling	1,100,000	3,300,000
Transport (30-ton loads)	1,200,000	120,000,000
Cleaning and drying (per kg)	100	300,000,000
Storage (per ton per day)	300	54,000,000
Customer delivery	1,100,000	3,300,000
Harvest and handling subtotal		949,900,000	258,828
Total season investment		2,981,534,000	812,406

Soya projected returns (one season)
Item	Season Total (UGX)	USD
Conservative harvest: 3 tons per hectare	4,800,000,000	1,307,901
Projected margin at conservative harvest		495,495
Normal harvest: 4 tons per hectare	6,400,000,000	1,743,869
Projected margin at normal harvest		931,463

Projected revenue and margins are based on the company's planning assumptions of 3 to 4 tons per hectare and prevailing regional prices at the time of preparation. Actual outcomes depend on weather, input costs, market prices and execution, and may differ materially.

Our Requirements from Partners

Equipment schedule for 2,000 hectares

The machinery required to run 1,000 hectares of maize and 1,000 hectares of soya as a fully mechanised programme.

Tractors and power units

2 x 4x4 tractors, 90 HP, with full accessory sets (ploughs, harrows, planters, spreaders, sprayers, seeders, and organic and mineral fertiliser application machines)
2 x 4x4 tractors, 110 HP, with all attachments
1 x 4x4 tractor, 110 HP, with accessory set
4 x double-cab 4x4 utility vehicles
4 x 30-ton transport trucks
4 x 6-ton tractor trailers

Planting and crop care

Sowing and planting machinery
2 x 1.8 m slashers (grass cutters and trimmers)
9-tine tillers for weed control
Agricultural sprayers
2 x crop protection machines
Seed treaters

Harvest and post-harvest

2 x combine harvesters for different purposes, with accessories
6 x small maize threshers
Grain cleaning equipment
Grain drying equipment
175 x soya pulley kits
3 x grain analysis kits for maize and soya

Important notice. The information above is a summary of IMENA HOLDINGS LIMITED, trading as IMENA COMMODITIES's own planning figures, provided for discussion purposes only. It does not constitute an offer of securities, investment advice or a guarantee of any outcome. Prospective partners should conduct their own due diligence and take independent professional advice before making any commitment.

Build the future of African agriculture with us

The Honest Picture

Fertile land is abundant. Equipment and finance are not.

Ways to Work With Us

Partnership models

Financial Partners

Equipment Partners

Offtake and Trade Partners

What We Bring

The foundations are already in place

Welcome, Partner

A fully mechanised, two-season grain programme, built to scale

Maize Programme

Soya Programme

Two Seasons a Year

Figure 1

Maize on 1,000 hectares: one season

Figure 2

Soya on 1,000 hectares: one season

Our Requirements from Partners

Equipment schedule for 2,000 hectares

Tractors and power units

Planting and crop care

Harvest and post-harvest

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