Partnerships for Improved
Livelihoods in Cotton March 2018
Base Titanium is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Sydney and London listed
mining company Base Resources.
► Operate the Kwale Mineral Sands
Mine.
► Having completed construction and
commenced mining in Oct 2013 the
first shipment of minerals occurred
in Feb 2014.
► Ilmenite, rutile and zircon
► Employ 670 people, 1,430 indirect
jobs and 1,360 induced positions.
► Currently makes up two-thirds of
Ke ya’s i i g i dustry a d is a Vision 2030 flagship project.
► Mining to take place until 2023 with
additional exploration underway to
extend mine life.
► Also developing the Toilara Sands
project in South West Madagascar.
Kwale Mineral Sands Mine
► Key objective is to achieve balanced flow of
mutual benefits with communities.
► Kwale County, like much of Kenya, is a largely
agricultural economy.
► Focus now on creating improved sustainable
non-mining livelihoods
Mining & Agriculture
Benchmarks taken from the
2017 smallholder farmer
survey;
► 63% of householders
have none, or no more
than primary education
► Similar trends are
evident with children
► 67% of the households
have access to less than
US$1.25/day
► 52% of households
contain between 5-10
members
► 10% contain more than
10 individuals
► Men are the decision
makers in 77% of
households
► Women largely follow
instructions, 93%
► 37% of women are
however involved in
livestock farming
► 32% of women also
assist with the marketing
of farm produce
► Most women possess
mobile phones & M-pesa
accounts
► 24% of women have
bank accounts
Context
► Skills development
► Availability of smallholder extension services in all cotton growing areas
► Improving availability of new, high yielding seed
► Accessing the credit needed to purchase reliable soil & crop inputs
► Proximity of supply & transport to procure farm inputs in a timely manner
► Acceptance of Crop Insurance as a sensible, cost effective risk management tool
► Adopting the processes needed to reliably meet market & customer expectations
► Negative perceptions of Kenyan co-operatives, particularly amongst small-scale farmers
► High cost of collection, transportation & ginning
► Li ited s ope to add value to otto eyo d extracting lint
► Visibility of African cotton internationally
► Site development
Cotton
Partnerships
PARTNERS
ECO-SYSTEM
DEG FMO
DFAT
Sydney University
Kenchic
Cotton On
CompACI
Makueni Ginneries Kwale
County Government Renaissance
KALRO
Fibre Crops Directorate
WWF
Kinondo Community
Bank
PAVI Co-Operative
Kwale Community
East African Maltings
► Defining customer needs and coordination with cooperative (lint specifications required for each textile type or category)
► Draw technical input from Cotton Australia to trial an expanded range of cotton seed varieties (production yield, performance against required lint specifications, resilience)
► Ginnery run by cooperative with funding from Base & other donors
► Lint exported through Mombasa and consumed locally
► Cotton seed processed extracting oil & preparing stock feed
► Add-value to Kenyan cotton
► Establish commercial relations between Kwale Ginnery & export market to contract local spinners to produce thread
► Adoption of updated Kenyan specific guidelines for smallholder ethical cotton production
► Lift governmental support of farmers & co-operatives
► Document & communicate the developmental impacts to encourage expansion of smallholder farmer interest beyond Kwale
► International market interest & confidence in Kenyan Cotton as a superior brand
Long Term Objectives