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A Shea experience...
 1 Agro Processing

Agribusiness And
2 Economic
Development

3 Shea Butter
Processing
WHAT
WE DO
4 Rural Development
Projects

5 Exportation Of
Agriultural Produce

6 Job Creation
 A Shea Story

providing a growing and reliable domestic

and international market for Shea products.
 Shea
is Nigerian
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations (FAO), Nigeria is the World s
largest producer of Shea nuts (FAO stat 2013) with
capacity to produce 355,000 metric tons of Shea nuts
per annum which amounts to approximately 24% of
the world s production capacity of 1,500,000 metric
tons. Presently Shea products are exported to France,
Great Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, North
America and Japan.
 Shea
Profits
is profits
Everyone
Everyone
The Shea industry supports employment for more than16
million women across Africa. Its role in food production,
foreign exchange earnings, raw materials for industries,
income and employment generation to millions of Nigerians
most especially women and young people makes it a crucial
asset for national economic development. With adequate
exploitation, the crop has the potentials to make significant
contribution to the country s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Currently, Shea is undergoing renewed demand from the high
value confectioneries (chocolate producing), pharmaceutical
and cosmetic industries.
 Shea
goes Everywhere
Shea has become an important non-timber forest
product on the international market. The products
from Shea are exported in one of two ways. Either the
nuts themselves, after being roasted, or the nuts are
processed into Shea butter within the country of
origin, and then exported. Shea products were first
recognized as an important export for West Africa
during the Colonial period.
 COMPANYS
BACKGROUND
Faku Agro Allied Limited is focusing on positively transforming and
upgrading the operational structure and further positioning the Company to
be an indomitable international player in the global Shea business.
 FAKU ALLIED AGRO LIMITED

is a wholly owned Nigerian agro-allied company,

which anchors business operations on the
procurement and processing of agricultural
products for local and international trade. The
company has a special focus agricultural and rural
development, using modern technology,
innovation and people along the different produce
value chain with the zeal to propagate
modernization of the agricultural sector.

The company has seasoned professionals with

decades of experience in the Nigerian agricultural
focus, with special relation to the sourcing,
INTRODUCTION

processing and packaging of agricultural

commodities. The Management Team has taken
seriously the need to build a consistent corporate
culture based on an appreciation for value-based
hierarchy in corporate relationships.

Faku Allied Agro Limited was incorporated in

Nigeria by the Corporate Affairs Commission with
RC No: 750223 in accordance with Company and
Allied Matter Act of 1990 as a private limited
liability company.

Faku Allied Agro Limited believes that sustainable

success can be achieved if the product provides
added value for each link in the chain. This creates
a win-win situation for everyone associated with
the Company s main raw material - the shea nut.
T

he Company achieves this by focusing on

environmental factors, trends and the wishes of
the end user, among others. The final result:
innovative products with benefits for all. On this
background, the Company continuously seeks to
create valuable shea nut products, specifically,
shea butter. The Company s aim is to create value
from shea nuts, as well creating opportunities and
empowering.
Faku Allied Agro Limited built up a premium Shea butter
extraction plant with installed capacity of processing 52,800
metric tons of Shea nuts annually to yield 25,344 metric tons of
Shea butter, as part of it current upgrade in operational
structure.

The facility consists of an oil mill, solvent extraction plant and a

pelleting plant. With this investment, the company will achieve
the dual objective of adding significant value to the raw
material and opening up wide market opportunities in the
semi-finished and finished products market both locally and
internationally. It will also support the huge Shea nut economy
in the producing areas that relies on a steady market for their
production.

The Company adopts the guidelines of ISO 9001:2008 Quality

Policy and Objectives for production from inception. The
produced Shea butter will be well packaged for sales and
distribution to the prospective clientele, both locally and
internationally.
 VISION MISION

We aspires to be a We strive to provide

blue chip Agro high quality
business and agricultural
corporate brand, products, certified in
recognized locally accordance with the
and internationally strictest quality and
as the producer and food safety
processor of diverse standards. Its
agricultural unending
commodities and commitment to
products of premium continuous
quality, as reflected innovation in
via distinction, novel operations will serve
technology, to maintain a high
innovativeness, competitive level
creativity and and satisfy the
excellent customer needs of final
service. consumers.
 OUR
CORE VALUES
ENTREPRENEURSHIP –
The entrepreneurial spirit drives growth by supporting
company’s personnel in taking initiatives with strong
risk management to enable fast, clear and informed

DIVERSITY –
The Company will promote respect for diversity across
every aspect of the business and in all target markets
of operation.

INTEGRITY –
Poised to take a leading position in the Industry, the
company will promote, propagate and sustain via
policies, integrity in the course of business operations.

COMMITMENT –
There will be high level of commitment in the way
business relationship and are built, based on trust at
every stage of the value chain, upholding the highest
1. PRODUCT DISTINCTION:

The Company will ensure an

DIFFERENCE
uncompromising insistence on quality in
addition to the adoption and practice of the
best production systems and control. Prior to
final packaging, all products will undergo
well-designed and rigorous processing
procedures, executed by experienced
personnel in order to ensure that they meet
the desired specifications for export and
surpass the expectations of international
buyers, in terms of premium quality.

1A. Quality Selection:

The quality control team will conduct strict

OUR
inspection of the sourced raw material (Shea
nuts) before the purchase in order to ensure
a credible foundation is set for onward
processing. The sourced Shea nuts will be
intensely inspected, using globally
acceptable specifications, so as to ensure
the desired quality of extracted Shea butter.

Quality is the major concern of the

company; hence, personnel will conduct
stringent quality control tests and checks,
following strict quality measures, in the
course of processing and packaging. All the
checks are conducted under the supervision
of the company’s quality assurance
personnel. This enables the company to
deliver premium products to clients, meeting
their diverse specifications and
requirements.

2B. Plausible Processing:

Prior to final packaging, all products will

undergo well-designed and rigorous
processing procedures, executed by
experienced personnel in order to ensure
that they meet the desired specifications for
local and international trade.
2. USE OF SPECIALIZED SHEA BUTTER
EXTRACTION PLANT:

The Company will procure a state-of-art Shea

butter processing plant from vendors based in
either Malaysia or Turkey. The processing plant
will employ credible production processes,
which will ensure maximum production of high
quality Shea butter. The supplying company
will install the factory and train the production
staff on its operation and maintenance, as well
as the production processes.

3. QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH AND

SAFETY:

Quality assurance, health and safety will be

viewed as an important and necessary function
at Faku Agro Allied Limited, as it provides the
necessary adopted procedures to deliver
finished products within the highest standards,
in addition to ensuring safety of personnel.
The quality assurance, health and safety
personnel in the Company will provide
important services by maintaining a high
standard of product quality and by providing
proper training to the all personnel on quality
control, health and safety procedures that
must be adhered to, in the course of work.
Personnel will be intensely trained in the
course of induction and periodically on safety
procedures. Furthermore the quality
assurance, health and safety Unit will ensure
strict compliance to approved safety
procedures.
Personnel technical knowledge base and expertise:

The Company will employ only personnel that have been thoroughly
screened for the right qualifications and character. The Company will go
a further step to periodically retrain personnel in various disciplines all
targeted at improving operational structure and framework and general
performance on the job.

The intent is to maintain focus on quality product with bottom-line growth

through cost reduction and optimal performance, utilizing technology and
innovation to make sure employees have extensive training to perform
proper technique and equipment operation. There will be incentives to
ensure 100% honesty between employees, clients and management. As a
team input will be collected analyzed and put into practice.

Team meetings will motivate and forecast growth and annihilate potential
difficulties. The Company will also maintain a friendly, fair, and creative
work environment, which respects diversity, new ideas, and hard work.
OUR
BUSINESSES
Faku Agro Allied Limited, a well-established agro-focused
company, which specializes in exportation of agricultural
commodities, agro-processing and rural development projects and
Shea butter processing factory.
OUR
FACTORY/PLANT
The shea butter processing plant is installed to process a daily
capacity of 200 metric tons of Shea nuts. An annual production
capacity of 25,344 metric tons of Shea butter is projected from a
processed capacity of 52, 800 metric tons of Shea nuts.
 100%
exported
oriented.
Shea butter
processing
plan.

Faku Agro Allied Limited will establish a Shea Butter Processing Plant,
which will be designed, constructed and installed by the Indian plant
manufacturers, Kumar Metal Industries PVT Limited. On inception, the
Plant will be designed to process a daily capacity of 200 MT of Shea
Nuts, which produces 96MT of Shea butter.

The Shea butter processing plant is 100% export oriented unit with
advanced features and can be maintained at a low cost. The produced
Shea butter meets the international quality standards.

This factory layout is well planned in order to effectively accommodate

the Shea butter processing plant, well-equipped quality assurance
laboratory and other supporting production equipment, machinery and
infrastructure.
The processing plant is installed in a factory, which has been
customized to effectively host all units of production. The proposed
factory layout will be based on the production flow chart of Shea butter.
 Pre-treatment & Press Equipment

The primary processing area in the factory will host the milling plant,
while the secondary processing area will host the solvent extraction
plant. Faku Agro Allied Limited Shea Butter Production Business Plan
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4.3 Shea Butter Extraction Plant Set-up
The Shea butter processing plant will be installed in the Company s
factory site, located at Abuja-Kaduna expressway, FCT Abuja. On
completion of the factory installation, a test-run will be undertaken,
in which recruited production personnel will be intensely trained on
the production process and adopted in accordance with the QHSE.
Thereafter, the factory will be inspected and the production processes
certified by Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) and National
Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). At
this point, the company will trademark the Shea butter and
production will fully commence. The technical staff of Kumar Metal
Industries PVT Limited will coordinate, operate and maintain the
production plant for the first 2 years of operations; training the
production personnel and developing local content.
The company will follow a sequence of events and activities in the
course of setting up the factory prior to commencement of
production in January
Solvent Extraction Equipment
Oil Refinery Workshop
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