Promotion of Local Resources based Enterprises
SJS in Uttrakhand, Himalayas, India Supported by SHGW, The Netherlands for promotion of farmer co. We are planning to replicate.
We are planning to set up the producer's companies of small and marginal farmers growing coarse grains. These grains like Amranth, finger millets, faxtail millet, buckwheat etc. are rich in nutrition and could able to provide balance diet to the childern and women.
To start with we have envisaged to organise the producers at one hand and set up the facilities for collection, grading and processing at other hand to produce the ready to eat food.
Facts
2008
| Two years ago: | 0 |
| Last year: | 0 |
| This year (forecast): | 1,000 |
| Year 2 (forecast): | 50,000 |
| Year 3 (forecast): | 500,000 |
| Two years ago: | 0 |
| Last year: | 0 |
| This year (forecast): | 50 |
| Year 2 (forecast): | 5,000 |
| Year 3 (forecast): | 75,000 |
| Two years ago: | 0 |
| Last year: | 0 |
| This year (forecast): | 1 |
| Year 2 (forecast): | 10 |
| Year 3 (forecast): | 100 |
Finance needed
| Finance needed for fixed assets (buying of machines, buildings, ...) | 100,000 |
| Finance needed for working capital (salaries, stock, rental, leasing, transport, ...) | 200,000 |
| Total finance needed (US$) | 300,000 |
How do you expect this to be financed? Please note: the total amount mentioned here should be equal to the total finance needed at the previous question.
| Own Contribution in cash | 50,000 |
| Loans (debt) | 225,000 |
| Share capital that you seek from investors (equity) | 25,000 |
| Other sources | 0 |
| Total finance needed (US$) | 300,000 |
The Business
The company will produce ready to eat breakfast food from coarse grains which is produced by the small and marginal poor farmers. Due to lack of processing facilities they are selling thier produces at very cheap rates.
The companies will set up collection and processing facilities under the ownership of farmers. This year collection and grading alresdy started to studied the fesibility.
India as a growing economy have increased urban working forces who are in need of ready to eat food for breakfast and working lunch. In Himalayas there are a lot of coarse grain production which could utilised
SJS (NGO) will facilitate the services and farmers compnies will produce the grains through member farmers and breakfast cearls (Packed) at the processing units.
The distribution and sales plan will be finalised with the retail stores companies who have bulck demand of these items.
The potwential buyers are restuarant chains, retail stores of food items, tourist routes and most expected schools where a scheme of mid day meal are going on.
The possible competitors are biscuit manufacturer, ready to eat food producers and small sellers who are also the potential buyers of these new items.
New items and qaulity products from a specific geographical aream (Himalayas)
Processing, value addition and marketing of the products by the farmer themselves is an innovation in the planning, producing ready to eat breakfast cearls rich in nutrition in an innivation in product and facilitation to a business bym a developent organisation is an innovation in activities.
During this year 10 farmers participated in the process and 100 more are willing to join next year we will have 10000 farmers in 3 years which will ensure the growth of the business.
The Entrepreneur & Management
Mr. L.P. Semwal chief of the facilitating NGO is the enterpreuner who will assisted by a well qaulified team of business professionals.
Our team have good relations and organisational set up with the farmers in Himalayas and we have identified the technologies for processing with technical organisation along with the market linkages for proposed products.
The team will fully devoted for the business development and facilitating NGO will guide them for 2 days in a week
Development
The proposed business will improve the balance diet intake, sustainable agriculture diversity through business model and provide local employement opprtunities.