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Client: Global Shea Alliance Conference,
March 4-6, 2013 Abuja, Nigeria
ARATISHEA Limited
Oluwatobi House (6th Floor),
73, Allen Avenue, Ikeja,
Lagos State, Nigeria.
www.aratishea.com
info@aratishea.com
+234803-3721-219 | 0807 8603 471
ayodele.otaiku@aratishea.com
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Contact Person:
Ayodele Otaiku
ayodele.otaiku@aratishea.com
+234 803-3721-219
4th , March 2013

2. Contents:
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Value Chain
3.0 Capacity Building
5.0 Shea Nut Drying Machine
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6.0 Shea Waste Management & Reuse
7.0 Karite Research Group
8.0 Question & Answers
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3.  West Africa produces 600,000 MT of Shea nut traded annually according to Global Shea
Alliance. Nigeria accounts for over forty (40) percent of nuts traded.
 There is a need to further boost the production of Shea nut and butter for export so as to
boost wealth creation and job creation nationwide in the Shea nut producing zones in
Africa.
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 The need to harness Shea export commodity to create 500,000 jobs for youth and women
in Nigeria will be a laudable initiative of providing jobs and addressing poverty, which
will go a long way in increasing revenue generation in the Shea producing zones and
projecting Nigeria among the largest exporters of Shea nuts and butter in West Africa and
the world.
 This process will reduce youth restiveness, create international market participation and
the platform will provide easy access for other commodities that are widely consumed
globally, which will be of great value to the Shea producing zones as the value chain will
evolve and government stand a dual chance of benefiting from it by addressing the
problem of unemployment to a very large extent, revenue generation and attraction of
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foreign investors and improving the quality of life of host communities.

4.  To create 5,000,000 jobs from Shea trees producing zones in Africa by processing all the
available nuts using ARATIShea Shea nut drying machine for production.
 Nut Collection: Will engage the youth in nut picking for purchase in Kg/ton and earn money
for based on the quantity they make available.
 General Collection: The general collection point weighs the nut picked and pay base on
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quantity.
 Processing/Storage: Each machine designed and developed (see below) will produce
minimum (20 metric ton weekly) dried Shea nut. Women and youth will be engaged in the
processing of the nut with the capacity of 240 Metric Ton yearly (minimum).
 Packaging/Branding: Packaging the Shea nut and butter with international standard for
export and local consumption.
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6. Capacity building will be provided for all segments of the value
chain in order to sustain the optimum global quality required for
consumption, which will:
 Enhance awareness to enhance quality nuts and butter which will
attract market, help maximize profit and improve productivity in
sequence.
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 Capacity on technology, maintenance of equipment, book
keeping/documentation.
 Basic Infrastructure.
 Basic advanced equipment e.t.c.
 Publish Quarterly ARATIShea Market Place Magazine (Stakeholders
and Market).
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7. ARATIShea Drying Machine Model KRG 12
Specification:
 Length x breath = 5feet by 5feet,
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 Height = 3 feet.
 Blower = 3.5 horse Power.
 Burner 1.2 horse Power.
Power: Diesel/Electric.
Technique: Hot Air Circulatory System with control panel.
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8. ARATIShea Dryer Machine (Open view)
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Processing Shea nuts using ARATIShea
ARATIShea Dryer Machine (Side
Dryer Machine.
view) with control panel.
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ARATIShea Dryer Machine with burner ARATIShea Dryer Machine (Outlet)
Finished dried Shea nuts ready for
processing.
Marketing: Distributors wanted
ayodele.otaiku@aratishea.com
+234803 3721219

9. Physical and Chemical Properties
 Appearance: Creamy yellow to pale colour
Moisture content: 0.54%
 Odour: Typical Shea odour
 Melting point 31- 36O C
 Solubility in Water: 18 oC:
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 Acid Value: 0.2% maximum
 Free Fatty Acid Value (% Oleic): 0.10% maximum
 Peroxide value (meq O2 / kg): 1.0 max
 Colour Yellow (5¼” cell lovibond)
 Iodine Value: 58 – 72
Microbiology analysis: Nil
(Yeast and Coliform count)
Typical Fatty Acid Composition
C16:0 Palmitic Acid: 3–9%
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C18:0 Stearic Acid: 50 – 60 %
C18:1 Oleic Acid: 38 – 45 %
C18:2 Linoleic Acid: 2 – 9%
Ecological Information
 Biodegradability: Readily biodegradable
 Precautions: Prevent surface contamination of soil, ground & surface water.

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Figure 1.
The shaded areas depict rainfall values. The small grey dots show areas of Shea trees
(Vitellaria paradoxa) in West Africa. The white dots are a different variety of Shea trees in
East Africa.

11. The importance of local knowledge to Manage the Shea waste cake for reuse and
sustainability:
 Soil fertility is declining in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa in the Shea tree
production zones.
 One of the major constraints to Shea tree domestication is the inadequate supply of
soil nutrients.
The use of mineral fertilisers is declining as they are increasingly beyond the means
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of most small-scale farmers and soil degradation affect soil health.
 Erosion and severe run-off are further depleting existing soil nutrient reserves,
while levels of soil organic matter are declining as land is subject to over-use.
 The application of environmental biotechnology ( OBD-Plus microbes Patent) to
Shea cake waste conversion to Biofertilizer with improve soil conversation and
enhance domestication of the Shea tree.
 ARATIShea Limited and University of Developmental Studies , Tamale , Ghana is
collaboration for the domestication of the Shea trees in Ghana.
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12. The Physico-Chemical Properties for ARATIBIOTECH Fertilizer Brand
Parameters Fertilizer ARATIBIOTECH Fertilizer Brand
Standard * ARATI SB SOMF OBD
OMF
Minimum content of N 1-4 % 4.45 1.29 4.06 0.95
Minimum content of P 11.5 - 3% 2.47 1.37 1.97 3.10
Minimum content of K 1 – 1.5% 0.25 0.28 0.31 0.35
Moisture content not exceed 15 - 25%
Carbon Nitrogen ratio (C/N) 10:1 15 :1 10.84 37.84 12.99 37.56
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pH 6.5 7.5 8.80 7.20 8.60 5.80
Odour Free Free Free Free
(odourless) Free
Non biodegradable Materials i.e. Free
glass metal, plastics, stones, slogs, Free Free Free
etc Free
Colour Variable Dark- Dark- Dark- Dark-
Brown Brown Brown Brown
Texture Variable Powdery Powdery Powdery Powdery
Pathogens Free Free Free Free Free
* Source: Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development, Nigeria.
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NB: ARATIBIOTECH Limited fertilizer brand
ARATI OMF – Organo-Mineral Fertilizer
SB – Bio-fertilizer with Shea butter cake
SOMF - Organo-Mineral Fertilizer with Shea butter cake
OBD - Bio-fertilizer.

13. Fertilizer Brand Application Protocol & Crop yield for Rice production
Fertilizer Brand Application Protocol Grain Yield Kg/ha
A OBD – Biofertilizer 4 tons/ha 2,866.70
B OBD – Biofertilizer 4 tons/ha and 2/3 recommendation rate inorganic 3,088.90
fertilizer
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C ARATI OMFF 4 tons/ha 3,833.30
D Shea Base Biofertilizer 2,386.70
E Shea Base ARATI OMF 3,533.30
Source: Federal Fertilizer Department, Abuja, Nigeria.
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Plate 1.Fertilizer Brand Produce using OBD-Plus biodegrader Biotechnology Shea cake base
OBD-Biofertilizer (25kg).

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Plate 2.ARATI OMF Organo-Mineral Fertilizer (25kg) with Shea cake base.

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Plate 3. Ayodele Otaiku showcase the harvested Maize crop in IAR&T, Ibadan
(July, 2011) Planted with OBD-Biofertilizer

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Plate 4. NRCI harvested Potatoes 10th Nov., 2011, Abia State.
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Plate 5.The FARO 44 Rice Stood planted with OBD-Biofertilizer ready for Harvest at NCRI.

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Source: Smaling 1993.
Figure 1. The plant nutrient balance system.

20. Shea nut tree and its ecological services has been an economic and social force across Africa for
millennia. The impacts are felt from villages throughout the world. Karite Research Group (KRG) think
tank objectives: to improve the value chain of the Shea nut tree and its ecological services to the
world (visit our website www.aratishea.com The sub-units of Karite Research Group are:
 Shea nut tree domestication
 Ecological services
 Cosmetics and manufacturing
 Conservation and Environment
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 Business development
 Nutrition/nutraceutical.
Our focus is multi-disciplinary, research-to-product (R2P) with diversification of funding sources using
foundations, corporations, and individuals.
We believe that this approach gives freedom in setting research agendas, a prime concern for KRG
metamorphoses into ARATIShea institute. Agenda setting within the KRG think tank is driven by
research questions at the lowest level (researches play large role); knowledge building is the prime
determinate in what research is chosen.
We attempt to be ideologically neutral and perceive research as being for the benefit of humankind as
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a whole. The above sub-unit will require interested academics and professional to apply in order to
collaborate and coordinates each unit with research agenda cum chose their team leader based on the
person contribution to knowledge and development of the subject domain.
Finally, findings will be published as ARATIShea Journal in English and French language respectively.

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22.  Marketing:
Distributors wanted .
 Contact:
ARATIShea Limited
Oluwatobi House (6th Floor), 73, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria.
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www.aratishea.com
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Contact Person:
Ayodele Otaiku
ayodele.otaiku@aratishea.com
+234803-3721-219 | 0807 8603 471
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