EKiwi Development
KEY FACTS
Company Name
EKiwi KK.
Headquarters
1591 Tanbarachō Nagano
Saijō-shi, Ehime-ken 791-0521, Japan
Ph. 0898-52-9330
Staff No
10 Japanese Full time staff and 3 casual staff.
New Zealand Staff helping Orchard management and Development (Shared with MiKiwi)
Paid up capital
1 million yen
Planting Area
Total of approximately 20 hectares
Orchards
Nagano Orchard
Certification
Approved Farmer (Saijo City)
JGAP (To be obtained)
Timeline of Events
2017 Aug - JA Toyo Engei and Ehime Prefecture staff visited Mikiwi
2018 Jun - Farm land purchased (Approximately 6ha)
2019 Nov - Farm land purchased (Approximately 14ha)
2020 Jan - Nagano Orchard Jichin sai (Start development ceremony)
2020 Mar - Development started
2020 Mar - Covid 19 spread and made decision to continue development with minimum staff in Japan
2023 Mar - Planting started
2023 Aug - Nagano Orchard will be completed. Development of rootstock to be continued