About
At Avokova Farms, we are an Integrated Farm, our poultry business strives on the availability of off-takers market availability. We plan to achieve profit maximization through value adding before sales. By value adding via processing of the birds for immediate use by customers. Our processing of birds include breeding, slaughtering, de-feathering, evisceration, grading and freezing. We also do crops like plantain, maize, vegetables all year long. We have been in business for four years.
Product and Services
Our Products and Services: poultry, organic frozen chicken, organic live chicken, chicken eggs, day old chicks, farm vegetables, cassavas, maize, plantain, tomatoes, pepper, okra, and ugu.
Market
We have a huge Industrial, mechanised, integrated Farm measuring 17 Acres at Sagamu/Abeokuta Expressway, Ogun State. Our location is very competitive with other big farms in the environs. The market size for integrated farms is very large in Nigeria because the Federal Government is encouraging people to go and farm. Also, Nigerian farm products are cheap and affordable.
Marketing and Publicity
Print media, mobile marketing, social media, sourcing large markets, restaurants, hotels, set up shops, direct sales and marketing, direct online sales with delivery, direct sales through our outlets
Competition
Our key competitor is Obasanjo Farms located in Abeokuta North, Ogun State. We are better in three ways: our products are (1) organic (2) hygienic, and (3) affordable
SWOT Analysis
STRENGTHS Arable land Vast farm land Dedicated/ motivated staff
WEAKNESSES Funding
OPPORTUNITIES Large consumer base Better prices/ delivery Customer satisfaction
THREATS Inflation in the price of raw materials and equipment
Reason For Applying_
To purchase new machinery to expand our existing line of business: 1 Day old chicks Breeding Machines 2 Incubator Hatching Machines 3 Chicken cages Housing Machines 4 Cold room Storage (2 Nos.) 5 Slaughter/ De-feather/ Grading machinery Processing
Staff and Management
The Farm is owned and headed by Ayotunde Koya is the CEO of Avokova Farms. He is a seasoned businessman with wide range of experiences, especially in the Agricultural Field. Ayotunde is a full time Farmer/Consultant and has been in the business for 5 years. Before then, Ayotunde was into Construction for over 10 years. Adegoke Adetayo Olatunde is the Senior Manager. He is a Graduate of Business Administration and Management and he coordinates the activities of the Farm.
We have 15 staff working in all our departments, especially our Poultry, which has been yielding good returns.
Notes
Our Farm is on 17 hectares of arable land on which 9 hectares is being utilized for now. Also we practice mechanized farming. We have a poultry of 1,000 birds at any given time throughout the year.
