# 📍 Land & Location

## 📍 Land & Location

IIGAD owns **300 acres of fertile farmland** in Kenya, fully paid and titled. This land is the foundation of our startup operations, giving us full control over what we grow, how we manage it, and how we scale over time.

### 🗺️ Location Overview

* **Country:** Kenya
* **Status:** Privately owned (not leased)
* **Size:** 300 acres (fully titled)
* **Usage:** Commercial farming (export-focused)
* **Topography:** Flat to slightly rolling — ideal for row crops
* **Soil Type:** Well-drained, loamy soil
* **Climate:** Tropical, with seasonal rains and long sunshine hours
* **Access:** Farm is reachable via road; near key transport hubs

### 💧 Water & Irrigation

* Rain-fed for now, with plans to install **drip irrigation** for year-round cultivation
* Water source and irrigation layout planned in 2025 budget (Phase 2)
* Efficient irrigation will allow 2–3 crop cycles annually on rotation

### 📦 Logistics Advantage

Kenya’s location and infrastructure make it ideal for exports:

* 🚛 **Road access** to local aggregation centers and shipping companies
* 🛳️ **Mombasa Port** — gateway to Asia, Middle East, and Europe
* ✈️ **Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport** — for fresh export shipments

### 🌱 Expansion Opportunities

* 🔹 IIGAD has identified additional farmland surrounding the current site.
* 🔹 We have **access to lease over 1,000 acres** of land if needed for expansion.
* 🔹 This allows us to scale quickly with investor support and demand-based production.
* 🔹 Long-term goal: expand core production area from **300 to 600+ acres** owned, with **additional leased acreage as needed**.

This flexibility allows us to meet future export contracts, pilot specialty crops, or set up on-site processing as operations mature.