About Us

Established in 1980

Kaleya Smallholders Company Ltd, popularly known as Kascol is an Agricultural concern and run as a private limited company with 160 smallholders with a nucleus estate in sugar cane cultivation.

KASCOL, based in the north eastern part of the Kafue Flats, is one of Zambia’s major sugarcane growers and the oldest cooperative of sugar cane growers. It was founded in 1980 as part of a government initiative to include smallholders in the sugar cane industry. The four founding shareholders were Zambia Sugar Company, the Development Bank of Zambia, the Commonwealth Development Cooperation and Barclays Bank Zambia. In 2005, Kascol was fully privatized and the smallholders gained a 12.5% stake in the company.

The company manages 1,445 hectares of commercial sugar cane fields. The smallholder farmers manage 1,075 hectares for a combined total managed cane area of 2,520 hectares. The farmers benefit from this land through direct sugarcane sales and through the Kaleya Smallholders Farmers Trust and the Mazabuka Sugar Cane Growers Trust. There are 160 smallholders. They manage their farms – around 7 hectares per farmer of which 6.5 hectares is dedicated to sugar cane and 0.5 hectares to their dwellings and subsistence. KASCOL provides the general infrastructure for the smallholder fields such as the irrigation canals in addition to input and technical assistance.

 

Production Capacity:

Kascol is Zambia’s largest smallholder sugarcane producer.

Our production includes:

  • Cultivated cane areas of 2,520 hectares with production capacity of 300,000 metric tons of cane annually.
  • Smallholder farmers manage 1,100 hectares of the 2,520 hectares under production accounting for about 130,000 tons of the overall production capacity.
  • 114 hectares of barley producing approximately 798 tons annually.
  • A further 300 hectares of land available for expansion and/or diversification.
  • 450ha furrow irrigation to be converted to drip 2021–2023.
  • 364ha currently under pivot irrigation.
  • 10ha virgin land planted with Macadamia trees

Industry Experience:

Kascol has been successfully partnering and promoting smallholder agriculture development for more than forty years.

The company’s continued commitment to attract and engage professional management teams has seen it consistently supply sugarcane to the Zambia Sugar Nakambala mill in Mazabuka to date.

Product Range:

We specialize in the production of commercial agricultural products. Our products currently include sugarcane, supplied to Zambia Sugar, barley, and soya beans which is supplied to Zambia Breweries and open market respectively.

Innovations:

Kascol continues to lead and find ways to keep the company growing. The company is actively exploring diversification
options as competition increases in both the local and international sugar markets.

Points of Difference:

Our consultative approach to partnering with smallholders and stakeholders, our foresight to venture out and do what others would dare not do, and our expertise in seeking solutions beyond the ability of our suppliers, are established points of difference for Kascol.

We thrive on developing long term, mutually beneficial relationships with our partners and clients.

Kascol currently has 160 smallholder farmers working in partnership in cane production.

Kascol seeks an environmental footprint in water and land use management. We are currently exploring huge investments in drip irrigation with a target of approximately 450 hectares installed in the next two years. This project is intended to:

  • Improve water use efficiency, thus making water available for other ventures, both internally and externally.
  • Increase productivity on the same area currently under production
  • Keep us ahead and offer better and more value products than the other competing smallholder schemes.

Kascol currently rewards smallholders for high productivity to encourage land use efficiency

Mission

To create a profitable, leading smallholder out-grower scheme producing high quality agricultural products in Zambia.

Vision

To be recognized as Zambia’s premier agriculture partner of smallholder farmers empowering them to be leading
producers and providers of high quality products and services.

Values

  • Purpose and Growth
  • Leadership
  • Respect
  • Integrity
  • Discipline
  • Team spirit