At Uhuru Flowers in Kenya , their warmth for growing cut rose wine brought them to explore a new business organisation : acquire Rosa Damascena for the production of rosaceous urine and oil colour . Since the crop is not really grow in Africa , it drive owner Ivan Freeman quite some time to figure out the species ’ growing drug abuse on Kenyan dirt . After several trial run , they are now bring forth and even exporting the rose petroleum . “ The labor is still in the early stages but we are pleased with how it is act so far . ” Now , they have around 6 hectare planted and 3 hectare that are producing and certified organic fertiliser .
Why Rosa Damascena?The main mathematical product of Uhuru Flowers is the swing rise , which they are growing in the nursery on their state . On the remaining land , they develop cultivatable craw and they have been looking for a perennial harvest that was more in short letter with their emasculated peak business , Ivan explains . “ I came across the idea of rise Rosa Damascena for oil and start to look into why it is not really grown in Africa . ” In 2015 , they managed to incur some plant life textile and started trials on their land .
ChallengesSince it is a new harvest , not only for Ivan but also for the Kenyan ground , the physical process was foresightful . “ It deal us a farseeing time to calculate out how to grow properly these roseate varieties in our conditions and make them flower double in a year . Once we felt we had master the growth , we needed to bulk up the plant material which also drive a long time . There has been a deal of new things to ascertain and amazingly few resources . Once we were able-bodied to make our first batch of oil we had to air it for depth psychology and fortunately , it is of very good quality . The next challenge was find securities industry as it is mainly used in the cosmetic industry . ”
ExportDespite the project being still in the early stage , Ivan is pleased with how it is working so far and they even exported some ware already . “ We have sell the fossil oil in Germany , Russia and have recently sent samples to Japan with extremely positive feedback . The rose water is bulkier but we have find a reliable local market for it with a company make drinkable ( rose and cucumber tonic water ) .
Future plansGoing forward Ivan intends to continue to expand their output area and they have architectural plan to range the harvest out as a Johnny Cash crop for the small - exfoliation granger that smother them . " It could be a great income generator for them as it require short stimulus and could be grown as a protective hedge around their farms . We would process and market it on their behalf . All in all , we are count forward to a rose-colored time to come . "
For more informationUhuru Flowers LtdIvan FreemanEmail:[email protected]www.uhuruflowers.com
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