Canola seed oil and Agventura Company Limited, Kenya

MkukiMoto

Elder Lister
Does anyone know about this company or canola farming in general?

I have close relatives who want to invest in canola for export to Chinese or European markets. But have been told Agventura is a big market "gate keeper” and controls the supply chain in Kenya.

My relatives are looking for land to lease to farm Canola and are being told, that the grain only does well in Central Kenya high altitude areas. Not sure if this is accurate as there are other high-altitude areas in Rift Valley. In Africa, I had assumed that the crop does well only in South Africa Cape Town region.



A Sustainable Canola Value Chain linked to Sustainable Farming System - Food & Business Knowledge Platform (knowledge4food.net)
 
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zapp_brannigan

I am not a Futurama fan .
Yea, kwa mzungu, I guess ni Malcolm Bell
I was referring to Madrugada Farm , ni mzungu pia and only have dealt with Jonti Barclay . Ni huyu ako na short sleeve shirt . The other guy anaitwa Stuart Barden ako na farm pia hapa nyuma ya Small World ,Mombasa Road .Stuart deals with grains ( ndengu and others ) and silage /hay .
Nawajua sababu I offer their farms and friends fleet management services .

 

Fala12

Elder Lister
Does anyone know about this company or canola farming in general?

I have close relatives who want to invest in canola for export to Chinese or European markets. But have been told Agventura is a big “market gate keeper” and controls the supply chain Kenya.

My relatives are looking for land to lease to farm Canola and are being told, that the grain only does well in Central Kenya high altitude areas. Not sure if this is accurate as there are other high-altitude areas in Rift Valley. In Africa, I had assumed that the crop does well only in South Africa Cape Town region.



A Sustainable Canola Value Chain linked to Sustainable Farming System - Food & Business Knowledge Platform (knowledge4food.net)
I heard somewhere that AgVenture say that canola did not work well with smaller scale farmers.
Many larger scale farmers are doing it though especially in the timau area
 

MkukiMoto

Elder Lister
I heard somewhere that AgVenture say that canola did not work well with smaller scale farmers.
Many larger scale farmers are doing it though especially in the timau area
@Fala12 , Asante sana, Elder.
This points me in the right direction.
I will encourage my people to look into the financials of running both small scale farming and the large scale operations.
 

Fala12

Elder Lister
@Fala12 , Asante sana, Elder.
This points me in the right direction.
I will encourage my people to look into the financials of running both small scale farming and the large scale operations.
From what i heard i would discourage small scale canola farming
 
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