The high amount of coconut tree husk waste in Kenya and the need for coco peat among horticulture growers is what made James Kapombe establish his own company Cocogrow in 2018 . Cocogrow give rise coco peat locally , which is not the common route to trace as 99 % of coco peat in Kenya is still import from other countries . “ At the second we are focusing on improving the quality of our coco peat for the growers , yet we are running into challenges with machinery and remain eminent waste . ”James Kapombe“Not where we want to be”Kapombe explains that the piloting for their production is going on well , but there is still much more to be done . " Our current yield capacity is 2 tonnes a day which is very blue compare to the market demand . At the moment we are attend to gain a coco peat block make machine , which will help oneself ease logistics . “Reducing waste material by micturate ropesWhile CocoGrow is using survive coconut husk waste to produce coco peat , there is still much wastefulness left ( coir fibre ) . In March 2019 CocoGrow ’s first production website in Mariakani , Kilifi ( North Coast , Kenya ) was totally burnt down through a flack accident . The party relocated to a manufacturing plant on the South Coast that same year . " At the new factory , we latterly develop an automated rope making simple machine from India . This is a with child way to apply the coir fiber and the ropes can then be used for gardening , record hop , construction , and scaffold , for example . ”Creating value tot products“For us it is crucial to ameliorate the quality of our coco peat in this original phase , then we can offer note value tot product to raiser as we scale up . Through a program with expert from PUM Netherlands we have been able to ameliorate survive cognitive operation and develop protocol for a streamlined and ordered outgrowth consort to European criterion . We hope that the future will bring us the high timber and consistent product we are draw a bead on to provide growers , ” says Kapombe . mate and funding“While we require to optimize the production and improve quality , we can not undervalue the capital intensive nature of the operations hence we are always looking for likely spouse and backing , ” says Kapombe . For more information : CocogrowJames Kapombe+254 727 977 175[email protected]www.facebook.com / cocogroww
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