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COMPANY PROFILE

BENOK AGRICULTURE

www.benokexporters.com

1. ABOUT US2. OUR PRODUCTS 3. OUR SERVICES4. ACCREDITATIONS5. AFFILIATIONS



Our role in this market is to ensure that smallholder farmers are adequately

linked to the market where they can reap good returns

from their produce, and reduce post-harvest losses.

WHO WE ARE


Vision

Mission

To partner with both governmental and non-governmental entities in order to achieve food security and sustainability

To provide the best practices in the industry that guarantees quality and safe farm produce, and improve the lives of farmers

OUR PRODUCTS

Our rich range of fresh produce include:blue and purple foods (eggplant, purplecabbage), red foods (Tomatoes), leafygreens (lettuce, spinach), cruciferous(cabbage, cauliflower, and broccoli),marrow (cucumber and zucchini), andedible stems (celery & asparagus).Among the fresh vegetables in thefamily of allium (onions & garlic), as wellas solanaceae (red and yellow capsicum,chili family), we have engaged farmersto produce for us through contractfarming.

Fresh Vegetables

Legumes

We have engaged farmers across the countryto source for legumes hence help link thesefarmers to good market opportunities. In thisproduce portfolio we have: dried beans &peas (red kidney beans, chickpeas andlentils). Under the fresh beans’ category, wedeal in green peas, French beans, snow peas,green beans, butter beans, and broad beans.


Fresh fruits

Herbs & Spices

Through working with farmers acrossthe region, we are producing fruits suchas: berries (passion fruits), melons(watermelons), avocados (Hass, Fuerte),and mangoes (Ngowe, Apple mangoes).

We provide the best agronomicservices that entail: training on cropproduction, crop protection, cropmanagement and harvesting, as wellas post-harvest handling.

Our interventions have seen the bestyields in the following producecategories: basil (sweet aroma 1 & 2),French parsley, Italian parsley, chives,cayenne, coriander, lemon grass, dill,mint, oregano, lavender, lemon balm,sage, and thyme.

OUR PRODUCTS


Fresh fruits

OUR PRODUCTS


Oil Crops

We work with farmers across the Eastern

Africa region to source for the best quality

oil crops such as: peanuts (groundnuts),

sesame (simsim), macadamia, soybean,

stone nuts, and sunflower. We also do value

addition to get the best possible value from

these crops i.e. soy milk and flour for

Soybean, and edible oil in the case of

sesame, sunflower, and peanuts.

These oil crops are also very resilient and are

cultivated in areas that received rainfall as

little as 450 mm per year, especially in the

case of sunflower and sesame.

Fresh fruits

OUR PRODUCTS


Flowers

We are a leading exporter of a wide range of premium quality flowers. To thateffect, we have a huge portfolio of flowers in the broad categories of: roses (singlehead and spray roses), carnations (gypsophilla), alstroemeria, (Peruvian lily), lilies,eryngiums, arabicum, hypericum, statice, as well as a range of other summerflowers. In total, we export at least 230 types of flowers.


OUR SERVICES

Agri-Clinics

Our Agri-clinics program seeks to achieve the following key objectives: to creategainful self-employment for the various groups within the target regions, supportagribusiness development, supplement efforts of the public extension officers, andprovide market access and linkages.

Fruits and Vegetable Export and Local

Agency

Equipped with the necessary certifications and licenses,Benok Agriculture is involved in creation of bulk. Wecarry out basic and advanced quality assurance practiceslocally on behalf of both local and international clients,we organize and plan for transport and other logistics toensure products safely reach the shelves of retail storesboth locally and internationally.

OUR SERVICES

With a rich connection to both local andinternational markets, and owing to the factthat farmers are not adequately linked tothese markets, Benok Agricultureautomatically plugs that limitation, and offermarket Access & Linkage services tosmallholder farmers in the horticulturalsector.

This we do by establishing marketrequirements and where possible, conducttechnical trainings covering specific areassuch as food safety, hygiene and sanitation,safe use of pesticides, harvesting and post-harvest handling methods.

Market Access & Linkages

The horticultural crops of interests include fruits(avocado, passion, and mangoes) and vegetables (Frenchbeans, snow peas, chilies, baby corns, broccoli, andherbs). With expansion of the market in Europe, and inChina, our role as export agents can only be better. Weare the quality experts.

Value AdditionBenok Agriculture is determined to increase the primary agricultural produce appeal to

the consumer, by leveraging on the consumer’s willingness to pay a premium for

these value-added produce/ products.

OUR SERVICES

Farm Management Consulting

We provide a one-touch solution to agribusiness

entrepreneurs, right from professional advice on

venture choice, feasibility study (including land and natural resources), cost-

benefit analysis to business plan, and overall farm

management. We have a team of experienced

Agronomists and Farm managers who will manage

the investment on your behalf.



Technical Trainings

We focus our training on the current compliancerequirements by both local and European marketand include the following areas most coveredwhen implementing Hazard Analysis and CriticalControl Points (HACCP);Basic Food HygienePrinciples, Good Agricultural Practices, GoodManufacturing Practices, Safe use of pesticidesand scouting, Integrated crop management,Corporate social responsibility (CSR),IntegratedPest Management(IPM),Food safety ManagementSystems(FSMS),Environmental ManagementSystems(EMS),Product Traceability, Ethical tradecompliance.

OUR SERVICES

Good Agricultural Practices Consulting

We have a team of expert agronomists andIntegrated Crop management (ICM) experts who willwalk with you and advise you on the best approachto take on soil and fertility management, fertilizerrecommendations, pest and diseases management.Our Agronomist will walk with you to deliver thebest advice for optimum yield and cost-effectiveproduction.We are one of the very few firms accredited toprovide Global G.A.P Licensed Farm AssuranceConsultancy services in Kenya.

OUR SERVICES


Food Safety Management Consultancy.

Using HACCP Principles and risk-based assessment,we deliver sustainable food safety managementsystems based on internationally recognizedstandards, e.g. BRC, FSSC 22,000 and ISO 22,000. Ourfood safety experts have several years of experiencedeveloping and managing food safety systems acrossthe value chain from exporter to retailer level.

OUR SERVICES



At Benok Agriculture, we not only guide youtowards compliance, we provide residentialcompliance and quality management systemsto keep your business all-the time compliant.

In addition, we also carry out a pre-auditagainst all the major GAP and Food Safetystandards too help benchmark yourorganization’s level of preparedness for themain audit.

Farm Audit Preparations & Mock Audits

OUR SERVICES

Value Chain Analysis

At Benok Agriculture, we have the expertise to look into your value chain in detail,understanding key capabilities and opportunities, identifying areas that needimprovement so as to remain profitable.

Our experts have a sound grasp of agribusiness in in East Africa, including all thechallenges and cost-drivers associated with investing in agribusiness.

“Value chain analysis is key to success of any

business”

OUR SERVICES



Land Banking

Benok Agriculture offers the intermediaryrole and acts as a land bank Centre for allagribusiness investors looking for largeparcels of land but cannot find andlandlords with idle parcels of land withoutany clue of the demand.

We match the landlord and the investor atfee. The parcels of land in our bank aresuitable for; ranching, large scale farming,fodder production and others.

OUR SERVICES


Soil Sampling, Testing, and Analysis

OUR SERVICES

One of our management best practicesis soil sampling and testing. Weendeavor to expose our growers underthis practice to enable them learn asmuch as possible about their soil inorder to produce the best yields.

This includes knowing what nutrientdeficiencies exist in their soil, the kindof pathogens that are likely to affectplant health, and what nutritionalprogram best suit their soils.

ACCREDITATIONS

AFFILIATIONS



PHYSICAL ADDRESSBenok House, Behind Astrol Petrol station

Eastern Bypass UtawalaEMAIL US

[email protected] US

Tel: +254 20 784 1777 / +254 700 047 095

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