ARATISHEA Limited
Oluwatobi House (6th Floor), 73, Allen Avenue, Ikeja,
Lagos State, Nigeria.
www.aratishea.com [email protected]
+234803-3721-219 | 0807 8603 471 [email protected]
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Contact Person:
Ayodele Otaiku [email protected]
+234 803-3721-219
4th , March 2013
Client: Global Shea Alliance Conference, March 4-6, 2013 Abuja, Nigeria
Contents:
1.0 Introduction 2.0 Value Chain 3.0 Capacity Building 5.0 Shea Nut Drying Machine 6.0 Shea Waste Management & Reuse 7.0 Karite Research Group 8.0 Question & Answers
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West Africa produces 600,000 MT of Shea nut traded annually according to Global Shea Alliance. Nigeria accounts for over forty (40) percent of nuts traded.
There is a need to further boost the production of Shea nut and butter for export so as to boost wealth creation and job creation nationwide in the Shea nut producing zones in Africa.
The need to harness Shea export commodity to create 500,000 jobs for youth and women in Nigeria will be a laudable initiative of providing jobs and addressing poverty, which will go a long way in increasing revenue generation in the Shea producing zones and projecting Nigeria among the largest exporters of Shea nuts and butter in West Africa and the world.
This process will reduce youth restiveness, create international market participation and the platform will provide easy access for other commodities that are widely consumed globally, which will be of great value to the Shea producing zones as the value chain will evolve and government stand a dual chance of benefiting from it by addressing the problem of unemployment to a very large extent, revenue generation and attraction of foreign investors and improving the quality of life of host communities.
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To create 5,000,000 jobs from Shea trees producing zones in Africa by processing all the available nuts using ARATIShea Shea nut drying machine for production.
Nut Collection: Will engage the youth in nut picking for purchase in Kg/ton and earn money for based on the quantity they make available.
General Collection: The general collection point weighs the nut picked and pay base on quantity.
Processing/Storage: Each machine designed and developed (see below) will produce
minimum (20 metric ton weekly) dried Shea nut. Women and youth will be engaged in the processing of the nut with the capacity of 240 Metric Ton yearly (minimum).
Packaging/Branding: Packaging the Shea nut and butter with international standard for
export and local consumption.
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Capacity building will be provided for all segments of the value chain in order to sustain the optimum global quality required for consumption, which will:
Enhance awareness to enhance quality nuts and butter which will attract market, help maximize profit and improve productivity in sequence.
Capacity on technology, maintenance of equipment, book keeping/documentation.
Basic Infrastructure.
Basic advanced equipment e.t.c.
Publish Quarterly ARATIShea Market Place Magazine (Stakeholders and Market).
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ARATIShea Drying Machine Model KRG 12 Specification: Length x breath = 5feet by 5feet, Height = 3 feet. Blower = 3.5 horse Power. Burner 1.2 horse Power.
Power: Diesel/Electric. Technique: Hot Air Circulatory System with control panel.
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ARATIShea Dryer Machine (Side view) with control panel.
ARATIShea Dryer Machine with burner
ARATIShea Dryer Machine (Open view) Processing Shea nuts using ARATIShea Dryer Machine.
ARATIShea Dryer Machine (Outlet) Finished dried Shea nuts ready for processing.
Marketing: Distributors wanted [email protected] +234803 3721219
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Physical and Chemical Properties
Appearance: Creamy yellow to pale colour Moisture content: 0.54%
Odour: Typical Shea odour
Melting point 31- 36O C
Solubility in Water: 18 oC:
Acid Value: 0.2% maximum
Free Fatty Acid Value (% Oleic): 0.10% maximum
Peroxide value (meq O2 / kg): 1.0 max
Colour Yellow (5¼” cell lovibond)
Iodine Value: 58 – 72 Microbiology analysis: Nil (Yeast and Coliform count)
Typical Fatty Acid Composition
C16:0 Palmitic Acid: 3 – 9 % C18:0 Stearic Acid: 50 – 60 % C18:1 Oleic Acid: 38 – 45 % C18:2 Linoleic Acid: 2 – 9%
Ecological Information
Biodegradability: Readily biodegradable
Precautions: Prevent surface contamination of soil, ground & surface water.
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Figure 1. The shaded areas depict rainfall values. The small grey dots show areas of Shea trees (Vitellaria paradoxa) in West Africa. The white dots are a different variety of Shea trees in East Africa.
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The importance of local knowledge to Manage the Shea waste cake for reuse and sustainability:
Soil fertility is declining in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa in the Shea tree production zones.
One of the major constraints to Shea tree domestication is the inadequate supply of soil nutrients.
The use of mineral fertilisers is declining as they are increasingly beyond the means of most small-scale farmers and soil degradation affect soil health.
Erosion and severe run-off are further depleting existing soil nutrient reserves, while levels of soil organic matter are declining as land is subject to over-use.
The application of environmental biotechnology ( OBD-Plus microbes Patent) to Shea cake waste conversion to Biofertilizer with improve soil conversation and enhance domestication of the Shea tree.
ARATIShea Limited and University of Developmental Studies , Tamale , Ghana is collaboration for the domestication of the Shea trees in Ghana.
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Parameters Fertilizer Standard *
ARATIBIOTECH Fertilizer Brand ARATI OMF
SB SOMF OBD
Minimum content of N 1-4 % 4.45 1.29 4.06 0.95 Minimum content of P 11.5 - 3% 2.47 1.37 1.97 3.10 Minimum content of K 1 – 1.5% 0.25 0.28 0.31 0.35 Moisture content not exceed 15 - 25% Carbon Nitrogen ratio (C/N) 10:1 15 :1 10.84 37.84 12.99 37.56 pH 6.5 7.5 8.80 7.20 8.60 5.80 Odour Free
(odourless) Free Free Free Free
Non biodegradable Materials i.e. glass metal, plastics, stones, slogs, etc
Free
Free
Free
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Free
Colour Variable Dark-Brown
Dark-Brown
Dark-Brown
Dark-Brown
Texture Variable Powdery Powdery Powdery Powdery Pathogens Free Free Free Free Free
The Physico-Chemical Properties for ARATIBIOTECH Fertilizer Brand
* Source: Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development, Nigeria. NB: ARATIBIOTECH Limited fertilizer brand ARATI OMF – Organo-Mineral Fertilizer SB – Bio-fertilizer with Shea butter cake SOMF - Organo-Mineral Fertilizer with Shea butter cake OBD - Bio-fertilizer.
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Fertilizer Brand Application Protocol Grain Yield Kg/ha
A OBD – Biofertilizer 4 tons/ha 2,866.70
B OBD – Biofertilizer 4 tons/ha and 2/3 recommendation rate inorganic fertilizer
3,088.90
C ARATI OMFF 4 tons/ha 3,833.30
D Shea Base Biofertilizer 2,386.70
E Shea Base ARATI OMF 3,533.30
Fertilizer Brand Application Protocol & Crop yield for Rice production
Source: Federal Fertilizer Department, Abuja, Nigeria.
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Plate 1.Fertilizer Brand Produce using OBD-Plus biodegrader Biotechnology Shea cake base OBD-Biofertilizer (25kg).
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Plate 2.ARATI OMF Organo-Mineral Fertilizer (25kg) with Shea cake base.
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Plate 3. Ayodele Otaiku showcase the harvested Maize crop in IAR&T, Ibadan (July, 2011) Planted with OBD-Biofertilizer
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Plate 4. NRCI harvested Potatoes 10th Nov., 2011, Abia State.
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Plate 5.The FARO 44 Rice Stood planted with OBD-Biofertilizer ready for Harvest at NCRI. ARA
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Source: Smaling 1993. Figure 1. The plant nutrient balance system. A
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Shea nut tree and its ecological services has been an economic and social force across Africa for millennia. The impacts are felt from villages throughout the world. Karite Research Group (KRG) think tank objectives: to improve the value chain of the Shea nut tree and its ecological services to the world (visit our website www.aratishea.com The sub-units of Karite Research Group are:
Shea nut tree domestication
Ecological services
Cosmetics and manufacturing
Conservation and Environment
Business development
Nutrition/nutraceutical.
Our focus is multi-disciplinary, research-to-product (R2P) with diversification of funding sources using foundations, corporations, and individuals.
We believe that this approach gives freedom in setting research agendas, a prime concern for KRG metamorphoses into ARATIShea institute. Agenda setting within the KRG think tank is driven by research questions at the lowest level (researches play large role); knowledge building is the prime determinate in what research is chosen.
We attempt to be ideologically neutral and perceive research as being for the benefit of humankind as a whole. The above sub-unit will require interested academics and professional to apply in order to collaborate and coordinates each unit with research agenda cum chose their team leader based on the person contribution to knowledge and development of the subject domain.
Finally, findings will be published as ARATIShea Journal in English and French language respectively.
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Marketing: Distributors wanted .
Contact:
ARATIShea Limited
Oluwatobi House (6th Floor), 73, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria.
www.aratishea.com
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Contact Person: Ayodele Otaiku
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