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Activities :
- Sugar cane crops, golden sugar and unrefined sugar production, lump sugar production,
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Legal information :
Congo-base company created in 1991 with 15,200,000,000 francs CFA (EUR23,171,251) capital.
Headquarters address: BP 71 - N'Kayi - Republic of Congo
Highligths:
Production capacity :
- 5,000 tons of sugar canes ground daily
2010 production and sales :
- 70,310 tons of produced sugar
- 79,104 tons of sold sugar
Including 37,166 tons on the CEMAC market (Cameroon and Chad).
Presentation :
SARIS Congo was created in 1991 after the privatization of SIAN, whose first sugar harvest dates back to 1966.
SARIS Congo is based in the Bouenza department and is accessible from Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville via the Chemin de Fer Congo Océan (CFCO) railway line.
SARIS Congo owns a 48,836 acre franchise including a 29,651 acre sugar cane field.
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The SARIS sugar brand :
Since 2010 SARIS has been marketing its sugar under the Princess Tatie brand. This mass-produced ready-to-eat sugar is conditioned in appropriate packaging.
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Other SARIS businesses :
Limestone crushing plant : in 2007 SARIS acquired a limestone crushing plant located in Madingou, 30km from N'Kayi. This plant produces limestone powder for sugar cane field soil improvement as well as gravel for the civil engineering market.
Corn and soy project : SARIS wishes to participate int the development of village-based corn and soy growing near the sugarcane area in order to foster industrial development.
SARIS Congo has been growing local and hybrid varieties that will help determine the most optimal ones for the SARIS environment.
Quality certification : as a supplier of ingredients for Coca-Cola SARIS Congo meets the most stringent food safety standards for sugar producers. |
The SARIS foundation:
SARIS Foundation is in the process of recruiting field volunteers. The country representative of France Volontaires just completed an assessment visit with a view to hiring a volunteer shortly.
The renovation of the Foundation premises located right next to the town of Nkayi is about to be finished.
Social and joint actions through SARIS:
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Other facts:
Fuzz: Since 2007 SARIS has led a program aiming at mass selecting a variety of sugar canes from sugar cane seeds coming from the hybridization station on the Reunion Island. Every year SARIS introduces 4,000 new varieties to be tested and selected through a 12-year selection process.
GPS-guided agricultural machines: SARIS is modernizing its approach to agriculture and adopted an advanced technology: satellite for agricultural machines. 25 drivers were trained on this new tool which reduces fertilizer use and is a breakthrough in terms of integrated farming.
Environment-friendly initiatives: since 2007 SARIS has planted more than 12,000 eucalyptuses on its entire property to ensure the fast reforestation of the surrounding land.
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SARIS video: Click here to view the video
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SARIS environment with Google Maps:
SARIS Congo is located in Moutela, 15 km from N'Kay, in southern Congo halfway between Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville. It is bounded on the north side by the Niari River, on the south side by the Loudima River, on the east side by the village of Dakar and on the west side by Loudima Station.
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