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BIOAGE







                                          VISION
                                          A future where agriculture thrives in harmony with
                                          nature, ensuring food security and environmental
                                          stewardship for generations to come.
                                          MISSION
                                          To enhance agricultural productivity while preserving
                                          the environment by offering cutting-edge, sustainable
                                          solutions.
                       CEO:
                  Reuben Riley Rampersad
                                          KEY PERSONNEL
       Full Name of Company: Biological Agricultural Era   CEO: Reuben Riley Rampersad
       Proprietary Limited (BioAge)       COO: Ruven Pillay
                                          Procurement and Logistics: Jemane Chetty
       Nature of Business: Biotechnology
       Services/Products: molecular bio-stimulants and   CONTACT DETAILS
       fertilisers                        Physical Address: 20 Downie Crescent, Unit 2-Tilcor
                                          Building, Queensmead Industrial, Durban. 4147
       Date Established: 11/01/2021
                                          Tel: +27 (0)81 572 4271
       Customer Base: Farmers             E-mail: ReubenR@bioage.co.za
       No. of Employees: 5                Website: www.bioageagri.com

       REDEFINING THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE   Unlike conventional products that rely heavily
                                          on synthetic compounds, BioAge has developed
       Biological Agricultural Era (T.A – BioAge) is a proudly  the world’s first bio-engineered nutrient delivery
       South  African  biotechnology  company  redefining  system.  This  unique  approach  enables  nutrients
       how agriculture can thrive in a modern, sustainable  and bio-stimulants to interact directly with plant
       world. Founded with the vision of combining science  systems, allowing them to be absorbed faster and
       with practical farming needs, BioAge has positioned  more efficiently. Farmers using BioAge products
       itself at the forefront of innovation, developing  have reported yield increases of up to 50 per cent,
       molecular  bio-stimulants  and  fertilisers  that  while crop cycles are reduced by between two and
       enhance crop health, growth, and resilience through  four weeks.
       biologically derived ingredients.
                                          In addition to productivity, BioAge’s biotechnology
       The company’s central mission is to provide farmers   ensures that nutrient partitioning enhances not
       with effective tools that increase productivity   only the quantity but also the quality of harvests. By
       and profitability while contributing to sustainable   enriching crops with better nutritional profiles, the
       agricultural practices. By focusing  on molecular   company is playing an important role in addressing
       interactions at the plant’s cellular and genomic level,   food security and dietary needs.
       BioAge’s products help farmers unlock higher yields,
       shorten growth cycles, and improve the nutritional  Flagship Products
       value of their produce.            Two of BioAge’s products have become particularly
       Science at the Core                significant in the agricultural sector.
       At the heart of BioAge’s offering are advanced  Nitro-Gro is a triple-action bio-stimulant that accelerates
       biotechnologies  that  shift the  paradigm  from  the physiological processes of plants. Encapsulated in
       traditional  chemical  inputs  to  molecular  fertilisers.  a cutting-edge delivery system, it improves nutrient

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