Kariba Crocodile Farm, established in 1965, was the first commercial crocodile venture in the country. Ume Crocodile Farm (UCF) was established in 1973 as an adjunct to a private safari hunting operation located on the Ume River in the Omay area. This business and the Kariba Crocodile Farm were purchased by the Astra Corporation and then sold on in 1993 to a company that later became an integral part of the Innscor Group. The two farms were then formally incorporated into the Innscor Group in 1998 under the title of the Niloticus Division. The two original farms underwent significant development and expansion whilst within the Innscor Group and today each is a standalone production facility with the capacity to produce 14,000 skins per annum. In 2005, construction of the new Nyanyana Crocodile Farm (NCF) began on a site adjacent and contiguous to the KCF operation.