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ROACH PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY PLAN
Posted to: Life in Africa-Global by Lamunu Lucy (18), Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:38:53 PST
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The sustainability of a project or venture is the most important aspect of it. We the members of ROACH have thought of a few ventures that we think can help sustain this project, the immediate one being the farm project which is also expected to grow in size. However all these will depend on the availability of funds.
The core objective in starting this agricultural venture is to help the organization with feeding of the children and where possible sell some part of the products to raise funds for taking care of other activities. For now, we plan to begin majorly with Maize and Beans, and later go into other food crops like; Soya beans, and cassava. We have a plan to engage in large farming in future when we get fund to acquire more land, still in Gulu. This is also an effort by the members to avert famine since the area has good fertile land to farm on, and this project is actually within the agricultural produce sector which kind of activity is very much encouraged by the government, since the government wants a self sustained economy.
Please feel most welcome to share your ideas on how best we can do this together. We would like you to be part of us. What is your view?
You can visit this page for more information on the project; Rock Of Ages Small Grants Application
By Christina Jordan (269), Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:30:11 PST
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Wow - the amount for chemical fertilizers in the budget is indeed astounding. Lucy the amount of money alone you could save through creating organic fertilizers and mulching would be significant, and your yields would also be higher. I do understand that your laborers are unlikely to be familiar with organic methods, though. The work schedule and specific tasks involved in organic agriculture are a bit different and do require some basic know-how.
I wonder if there is not somewhere in Gulu (close to the field you've purchased) where you could get some assistance on organic agriculture techniques. What I am also wondering is how much additional output on the 5 acres will you get for that 1m in fertilizer? What would the output be if you didn't use chemical fertilizers? Many farmers in the northern region don't use chemicals because they can't afford them. So if you can afford them, how much benefit in financial terms do you expect that part of your investment to add?
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By Linda Nowakowski (230), Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:38:49 PST
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Lucy,
I am so glad to see your discussion here!
I have been wondering if you have looked at the "Income" side of your budget. What are your anticipated yields of corn and beans? How much do you anticipate will be used by the children? Is there a possibility that the excess would be sufficient to provide you with seeds for the next season and enough income from the sale of further excess to cover the costs for the next year?
I know that here in Thailand there has been huge emphasis on the production of organic fertilizer because of the enormous cost of fertilizer. Your budget was a real eye opener for me as to the real numbers. Has anyone talked to Norbert or Christina about what they learned about production of organic fertilizer when they were here?