Kenya: Bidco Lures Farmers to Grow Sunflower
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The East African Standard (Nairobi)
20 March 2008
Posted to the web 19 March 2008
Beatrice Obwocha
Nairobi
Bidco Oil Refineries has embarked on a campaign to promote sunflower farming among small-scale growers in various parts of the country.
The company's team leader in charge of Elianto Division, Mr Dileswar Pradhan, said the company would offer technical support and hold public meetings to encourage farmers in Rift Valley, Western, Nyanza and Eastern provinces to grow the crop.
"We will spend over Sh1 million to promote the growth of sunflower in various parts of the country," he said. He said the company had paid Sh220 million to farmers for 12,000 metric tonnes of sunflower seeds delivered since 2001.
The company had already entered into partnership with Drumnet, a project of Pride Africa, to help farmers get financial assistance to plant the crop.
Drumnet has over the years helped small-scale farmers access markets, finance, and information services.
Through the partnership, farmers would be trained and receive credit for seeds and farm inputs from certified suppliers through Equity Bank.
Pradhan said the company was keen to promote the growth of sunflower locally to meet its growing demand instead of relying on imports.
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The company uses sunflower oil to manufacture cooking oil.
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I AM INTERESTED IN SUNFLOWER FARMING. I AM A TEACHER BY PROFESSION. I OWN TWO ACRES OF RICH AGRICULTURAL SOIL IN THIKA DISTRICT. THE LAND FRONTS RIVER THIKA,ABOUT 25KM FROM THIKA TOWN. WHERE CAN I GET SEEDS FROM? HOW CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION? PLEASE HELP ME TO KNOW MORE.
am interested in planting sunflower on a 28ha piece of land, and would like to be assured of the market before hand,can i be sure you'll purchase the produce from me? will i have any advantages selling the produce to you other than anybody else? would like to meet some of your technical officers concerned before-hand
Kindly provide me with more details on sunflower growing the climate and its marketing im in central kenya
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I will thank Bidco co for this initiative to help small farmers to grow sunflower.i m college student interested in doing agriculture, since im doing my last semester in college.i come from Suba district in nyanza and i would like to be in involved in your project.i would also like to know more about growing sunflower as job n help provide supplies to your Co