GSA Farms
"Sustainability lies at the heart of our business. GSA Farms is driving to become an acknowledged world leader in the movement towards true sustainability in the oil palm and cocoa plantation industries".
About Us
GSA Farms is a subsidiary of GSA Limited, a company that was registered with CAC in 1994. It is a wholly owned Nigeria company offering services such as Information Technology consulting, Human Capital consulting and Construction. The primary owner is Johnson Olajide. With the establishment of GSA Farms, Eniola Olajide, my wife will become a full legal partner in the business.
Location
GSA Farms is located at Km19, along Ondo - Akure road in a village called Oboto in Ondo East Local government. The land mass is quite huge and very rich. Most of the land is currently unfarmed and this will be a huge advantage regarding the nutrient level and the possibility of achieving the highest yield within the first phase of ten years of operation.
Objectives
This project would seek to support the vision of Federal government through increased production of these food and cash crops to ensure local food security and potential for future exports to boost the country’s foreign exchange earnings. While the mission is poverty reduction and creation of employment for the populace as it would be revealed in this plan that agriculture will surely drive the economic recovery of the nation.
Mission Statement
GSA Farms mission is poverty reduction and creation of employment for the populace through the implementation of world class farming techniques in promoting agriculture according to the government strategic focus.
Keys to Success
Our goals are dedicated to a shared future with shared benefits throughout the cocoa supply chain by:
- Ensuring a sustainable supply of quality cocoa and Palm Oil that contributes to our strategic goal.
- Empowering other farmers to make choices that help develop strong, prosperous cocoa and Palm Oil business by providing world class processing facilities
- Promoting sustainable production practices that maintain and increase biodiversity and crop diversification.
Products & Services
Our business model is based on adjacency expansion to create systematic, repeatable organic and inorganic growth initiatives around our core supply chain business. We have grown by taking advantage of adjacent opportunities in businesses, which share geographies, channels, costs, suppliers and customers, and acquiring new businesses and competencies. We have repeated this formula to evolve from a one-product and one-country business to a multicountry, multi-product supply chain manager. Our expansive operations comprise sourcing, processing, handling, shipping and marketing of a wide range of agricultural, food and energy products and related services including:
- Animal Nutrition
- Cocoa
- Industrial Specialties
- Palm Oil
Animal nutrition
GSA Farms provides customized animal productivity solutions to commercial producers across Nigeria, West Africa and the rest of the world. Rather than focusing on standardized nutrition products, we create customized ingredient blends and management programs to fit each situation.
Nutrition is a key driver of animal performance To run a successful business, livestock farmers must manage a multitude of factors that impact the development, growth, health and productivity of their animals. Many aspects of an animal’s performance and productivity are greatly influenced by nutrition. As the animal’s lifecycle progresses, nutritional needs may change, and production goals also drive nutrition requirements.
GSA Farms animal nutrition consultants, who are experts in their respective fields, work with farmers to tailor-make performance-oriented feeding programs through which animals receive the right nutrients in the right quantities at the right times. With our innovative feeding solutions we help to deliver optimum development, growth, health and performance of animals, and contribute to the success of farming operations.
Cocoa
GSA Farms offers complete range of high quality cocoa and chocolate ingredients such as cocoa powder, cocoa butter, cocoa liquor, as well as chocolates and compound coatings. Our customers include dairy-, confectionery-, bakery- and ice cream manufacturers, who produce cakes, biscuits, confectionery and other products for consumers around the world.
High quality cocoa, grown in a sustainable way, is essential to the economies and the livelihoods of farming communities in cocoa growing countries, and for GSA Farms. We actively support the sustainable development of Nigeria’s cocoa industry to benefit local smallholder farmers and make a difference in the local communities from which we operate.
Industrial Specialties
Meeting today’s energy demands is incredibly challenging. Consumers are demanding more sustainable, environmentallyfriendly alternatives, and their energy use patterns are significantly different than just a few years ago. Utilities are charged with providing safe, reliable and cost effective energy to their communities yet they face some serious challenges ahead such as:
- Significant infrastructure upgrades required without raising rates
- Incorporating alternative generation options into the mix while maintaining reliability
- Continuing to satisfy peak energy demands in a highly regulated industry
To meet their challenges, utilities need options that can make a dramatic impact on cost savings or efficiencies without requiring major operational changes and capital investments, Company was born to address this crucial requirement.
Palm Oil
GSA Farms produces high quality sustainably produced crude palm oil, palm kernel and palm kernel oil grown on our own plantations and sourced from local Nigeria smallholders. Our plantations are based in Ondo State, Nigeria. Together, our plantations cover 6,000 hectares of company-owned planted land; providing employment to close to 200 people. GSA Farms also works with more than 500 smallholder farmers in the production of sustainable crude palm oil. GSA Farms supports efforts to help these smallholder farmers adopt sustainable agricultural practices, improve land use, increase the quality and quantity of their crops, and promote safe and efficient working practices. As a palm oil company, we strongly believe in supporting the local communities around our palm plantations in Ondo State (especially Ondo East Local Government).