Kenaf?
What are the factors about kenaf that has led SPW Ecojustice Center to select this plant and base this business plan upon its development and utilization? A plant species that is used as the basis for a large-scale agroindustrial project must have these requisites:
1..The USDA has spent billions of dollars on kenaf research, establishing the working parameters for cultivar selection, growing protocols, harvesting system evaluation and market potential
2. The key component for developing a kenaf project is a reliable seed supply.
3. Dr. Carol Cross is one of the pioneers of kenaf production and utilization
4. Kenaf can grow to 6 meters (18 feet) high in 5 months - can produce two crops in tropical countries
5. Although our key markets for kenaf at the beginning will be fibers for automobile interior makers, fiberboard manufacturers, paper manufacturers, there are many more kenaf markets that can be tapped in the future.
Some of the many uses for kenaf include
1. Sequesters More Carbon per Acre Than Any Other Plant
2. Food For Humans
3. Makes Excellent Feed For Livestock
4. Stalks Make Firewood
5. Organic Biochar
6. Fabric For Clothing And Industry
7. Biocomposites & Car Interiors
8. Generate Electricity
9. Quality Paper
10. Seeds For Gluten Free Flour
11. Seeds For Cosmetic Oil
12. Leaves Make Potherbs
13. Coppices
14. Grows Faster
15. Drought resistant
16. BioChar
17. Core Makes Animal Bedding
18. Building Materials
19. Lightweight Cement Block
20. bio-fuel for Diesel engines
6. A kenaf based business could be developed as a stand-alone seed production facility, as a source of raw material, and/or the basis of an in-house production facility
7. Interest in kenaf is growing worldwide as the need for this environmentally friendly plant grows
8. The beauty of kenaf is that there are few insect pests and therefore requires little or no pesticide use. In addition, it grows well in many kinds of soils and can grow without irrigation.
9. Kenaf products have been sold for decades as ecofriendly and a green product.
10. Kenaf can be marketed at many levels.
11. There are already many end uses for kenaf.
12. Kenaf has probably been researched more in the USDA than any alternative crop. It is now the subject of much research in India, African countries, Europe, Thailand and China.
13. Kenaf has been processed for thousands of years by cutting with knives, bundling the stalks and placing them in water to ret. The fibers are then removed by hand and used to make rope. However if kenaf is it meet its great destiny as a change making force, advanced methods of growing, harvesting and processing are needed. Kenaf processing equipment has been retrofitted from equipment produced for other purposes.
14. Kenaf is a tropical plant
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Kenaf Seeds Are Available in Large Quantities.8 pounds of seeds are needed to plant each acre.
In addition to seeds we supply complete consultancy for plantation development processing and marketing. In order to know which cultivars and the quantities needed for a price quotation, please answer the following questions:
Please answer these questions and return the information in this form:
Q - 1. Where is the land?
A – 1. Located in Western Belize
Please answer all questions with different type or type size to distinguish from the questions.
Parameters of the Plantation
Q - 1. Where is the Land?
Q - 2. Who owns it?
Q - 3. How many areas have available?
Q - 4. Is there water nearby? Yes How many acre-feet?
Q - 5. What is the pH of the water of the river?
Q - 6. Are you going to do well for irrigation? What is the pH and chemical content of water?
Q - 7. What is the latitude of the area?
Q - 8. In what months are there showers?
Q - 9. How many inches drop (inches / month)
Q - 10. In What month are there local floods
Q - 11. What is the height?
Q - 12. What is the slope?
Q - 13. What are the results of soil tests?
Q - 14. How long is the dry season?
Q - 15. What machinery to cultivate it?
Q - 16. Could bring in workers with experience in from international sources to train local workers?
Q - 17. What is natural fertilizer?
Q - 18. Could import equipment without exchange restrictions?
Q - 19. Do you have well drained soil?
Q - 20. What are agricultural experiment stations in your area?
Q - 21. How will you reap?
Q - 22. How will you control the weed control chemicals or integrated?
Q - 23. What citrus are being produced in the area?
Q - 24. Has been cultivated before the ground?
Q - 25. What are the subsistence crops in your area?
Q - 26. Are there bees to pollinate?
Q - 27. Will the project produce enough or have satellite projects?
Q - 28. Do you have people with experience to manage and develop your project?
Q - 29. What is your experience in the development of the plantation?
Q - 30. What is the source of seeds?
Q - 31. Have you decided on the varietal selection of seeds for different parts of the project—matching variety with different plots?
Q - 32. Do you have in place the development of seed handling and preparation protocols
Q - 33. Are you prepared for ordering seeds from worldwide sources?
Q - 34. Have soil tests been performed to evaluate site quality?
Q - 35. Are there problems with bringing in international technical personnel?
Q - 36. Do you have trained extension and facilitators for the project or will it be necessary to prepare training material and train facilitators and workers as part of the consultancy?
Q - 37. Are you planning on ongoing training of workers and participants in the project?
Q - 38, What is the end use of the kenaf?
Q - 39. What is the ultimate acreage in ten years you want to plant in kenaf?
Q - 40. Would you like a cash flow for a processing plant for:
a. Livestock feed
B. Pulp for export
c. Pulp for paper making in country
d. Fiber for manufacturing composites
e. kenaf for generating electricity
f. kenaf for biochar production
g. Fabric manufacturing plant
h. manufacturing kenaf powder and pellets.
Please answer these questions and return the information in this form:
Q - 1. Where is the land?
A – 1. Located in Western Belize
Please answer all questions with different type or type size to distinguish from the questions.
Seed costs
| Number Of Pounds of Kenaf Seed | Cost Per Pound | Cost Per Acre 5-8 Pounds Seed | Cost Per Hectare 12-18 Pound Of Seed |
| 1-10 | US$50 | 200-320 | |
| 11-50 | US$48 | 190-304 | 456- 684 |
| 51-100 | US$46 | 180-288 | 432 - 648 |
| 101-500 | US$44 | 170-272 | 408- 612 |
| 501-1000 | US$42 | 160 -256 | 384 - 384 |
| *1000-2500 | US$40 | 150-240 | 360 - 540 |
| *2501-5000 | US$38 | 140-224 | 336 - 504 |
| *Above 5000 | US$36 | 130-208 | 312- 468 |
As soon as we receive this information we can prepare your cash flow for the first 200 acres for the first year and a ten year plantation and processing plant. We will send you an additional cash flow for the processing once we know your chosen end use.
We are looking forward to working with your group in this project.
Yours sincerely,
Carol Cross, PhD
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