Kenyan based castor company – Biossal, uses castor as a primary feedstock for their local needs for fuel production. The company has entered into an agreement with Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute (KIRDI), to research biofuel manufacturing processes and castor seed oil yields.
The company claims that the castor fuel produced by them can be used to fire boilers like those used in big schools or institutions such as hospitals or police, prisons or army camps In addition, Biossal aims to review the technical feasibility of turning castor bean waste into briquettes, livestock feed and fertilizer with the technical support of Climate Innovation Center, Kenya.
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Well done Biossal.the idea is perfect and comes in the most appropriate time.
For many years,castor seeds in Kenya have been treated as an unnecessary cultivar and always proved troublesome to farmers whenever they sprouted in their farms.But now that you have a economical channel for the plant,our country will for sure benefit from the fuel and hence improve the livelihoods of the farmers.
Thank you and all the best.
John Mungai.
A member of Castor Oil Blog
Very interested in the Castor Bean production industry. I’m in the process of producing a large amount of acreage of the beans.
I am in the process of farming a large acreage of the beans.
Am interested in in castor oil seed farming, please advise on where to get the seeds and where to sell. Am in Witu? Lamu County.