HIDROELECTRIC POWER AND ORGANIC BROWN SUGAR PRODUCTION: LIGHT AND WELL-BEING FOR POOR SMALL FARMERS IN NORTHERN NICARAGUA
Organic brown sugar production
This project is aimed at building a dam in a river in a remote rural community where a water turbine will be set up to run a sugar mill and at the same time run a battery charging facility where poor farmers will charge their batteries for lighting their homes
Facts
2008
| Two years ago: | |
| Last year: | |
| This year (forecast): | 200,000 |
| Year 2 (forecast): | 200,000 |
| Year 3 (forecast): | 200,000 |
| Two years ago: | |
| Last year: | |
| This year (forecast): | 326,975 |
| Year 2 (forecast): | 326,975 |
| Year 3 (forecast): | 326,975 |
| Two years ago: | |
| Last year: | |
| This year (forecast): | 100 |
| Year 2 (forecast): | 120 |
| Year 3 (forecast): | 150 |
How do you expect this to be financed?
| Own Contribution in cash | |
| Loans (debt) | 75,000 |
| Shares in your company that you offer to investors (equity) | |
| Other sources | |
| Total finance needed (US$) | 75,000 |
The Business
The project has as its main objective to establish a sugar mill to produce brown sugar in Nicaragua.It includes the establisment of 100 hectars of sugar cane with organic farming practices, a sugar mill facility and a waterwheel to run the grinder, a hydroelectric generator that will provide the energy necessary to run the sugar mill and a battery charging facility to charge the batteries that will light the households of small farmers.
The brown sugar production will be sold in the local supermarkets and groceries stores that are located near the area where the project will be implemented. This product is highly demanded since it is much healthier and cheaper than white refined sugar.
The brown sugar produced is organic and cheaper than white refined sugar. It has a positive impact on the health of the workers, the consumers, and the environment.
The Entrepreneur & Management
I have 17 year-experience in the growing and processing of sugar cane to make brown sugar. I am familiar with all the processes that are involved in this activity....preharvest, harvest and postharvest. I have the land available and the human resources to start this busness.
The project will begin by selecting the small farmers that are interested in growing sugar cane, training them in the making of organic fertilizers, and organic pesticides.
Development
This project will give small farmers an opportunity to improve their living conditions by getting engaged in a profitable business that is freindly with the enviroment. This project will use ecological farming practices that will have a positive impact on the health its workers, the people of the community, and on the health of the environment.
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