Organic Vegetable and Biogas
Growing 100% organic vegetables and Energy saving by using vegetable waste for- Biogas System
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Vegetable is a highly demandable product in the local and national market. To meet the growing demand in the market farmer are using highly harmful chemical fertilizer to accelerate the yield ,which inturn causes the ill health in consumer due to consumption of hazardous chemical along with vegetables.
Our business plan consists of developing and start growing the vegetable produced with organic fertilizers in a rural area of Karnataka. It also includes the commercialization of the organic vegetable in the local and national market and to replace Traditional Hearth & Oven system with Biogas produced by vegetable waste.
This will help to reduce poverty in rural part and to promote the use of renewable source of energy by various means:
(1) The possibility of new income sources for vegetable growers at a rural area (2) The generation of new jobs for the farm labour at a Karnataka rural area,
(3) The substitution of an imported good,
(4) Development of Biogas will reduce the de-forestation which inturns saves the environment.
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| This year (forecast): | 10 |
| Year 2 (forecast): | 30 |
| Year 3 (forecast): | 50 |
How do you expect this to be financed?
| Own Contribution in cash | 500 |
| Loans (debt) | 500 |
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| Total finance needed (US$) | 1,000 |
The Business
We will produce and commercialize the Organic Vegetable. The sales of this will generate profit.
Since we will use the vegetable waste of local market to generate Organic fertilizer and vegetable waste is actually a big problem for the City Development Authority, It will be very cheap. We will seek alliances and agreements with City Development Authority in order to arrange the logistics of the transportation of vegetable waste. And we buy the cow dung form local people. In this way we will manage it.
After using the proper technique we will generate the Organic fertilizer in respective Vegetable Production (growing) area. And the further refined Vegetable waste we will use to produce the Bio-gas for daily use. Bio-gas system initially implements in minimum 10 farmer’s house than to the whole that particular village. This will save 30% of deforesting in First year in that particular Village and 50% in the second year.
During the First year we are expecting to have the 10% of the local market. And 30% by second year for Organic Vegetable in vegetable market.
Before starting the marketing of product we advertise the benefit has the Organic vegetables over health. By different mean such as providing information Boards in Hospitals, Medical Shops and Fitness Centers.
We will market our product (Organic Vegetable) in three different reach
1. Retail Chain Market(like: RELIANCE BIOFRESH, BIG BAZAAR)
2. Local Market ( weekly and daily sittings)
3. Hotels and Restaurants. ( Midsize and Big)
The Entrepreneur & Management
Gajanan Gaonkar: My work experience in India’s leading Biotech firm in the field of Waste management and Biotech Project management makes me to think about how we can Save & generate Energy from the waste that will help our rural community.
Shantaram Gaonkar: My experience of Government sector in Agriculture Product development and Marketing Department allowed me see how we can improve the system of the agriculture and use a good marketing strategy to our Agro Products.
Sudha Bhat: Being the Agriculture Scientist, my work experience in private sector allowed me to see up –close our social reality and at the same time I had the chance to detect some areas upon which we can work in order to improve the situation of the rural people.
Development
The impact of our business plan on local:
Direct employment: At least 40 direct jobs and 20 in direct in the first 2 years.
Quality of living standards: We are generating employment in the rural regions: this means we are employing poor humble farmer. This, in consequence will increase the quality of life in the rural areas, avoiding them to immigrate to the cities, where they have very little chance to develop.
Skill and Knowledge development: we are building knowledge, training through research of new developments and farmer acquires new skill to work.
Environment and Biodiversity: this will bring to save the energy and utilizing resource for alternative energy. And that will save our forest and life belongs to that forest.
