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El documento habla sobre la acentuación de diptongos e hiatos en español. Explica que cuando dos vocales fuertes se juntan se separan formando un diptongo, mientras que cuando una vocal fuerte domina a una débil también se forma un diptongo. También menciona que si dos vocales débiles se juntan forman un diptongo, y que si una débil vence a una fuerte con "kung fu" se separan y la débil lleva tilde.
Kilimo Trust is an East African NGO that promotes agricultural mechanization in the region through private sector partnerships. The document discusses (1) Kilimo Trust's work integrating mechanization services provided by private partners in rice farming in Tanzania, including farm leveling, weeding, threshing, and irrigation pumps; (2) challenges faced including few service providers due to costs, and equipment breakdowns due to operation and maintenance skills gaps; and (3) lessons learned including opportunities for locally fabricated low-cost equipment and the importance of training operators in equipment use, repair, maintenance, and business skills.
This document summarizes a regional workshop on sustainable agricultural mechanization practices in Sub-Saharan Africa and opportunities for investment. It describes Agrimech Africa Limited's mechanization hire services across multiple hubs in Kenya, the types of machinery and staff, outputs and revenues from various agricultural activities, sources of financing, clients and service charges, challenges including access to finance and fragmented smallholders, future plans to expand services and needs for additional investment of $500,000 for equipment, training and infrastructure. Key recommendations are for policy support, partnerships, and addressing challenges of raising capital and high operational costs.
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How is Rwanda transforming its agriculture thanks to mechanization.
Lessons from Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board
(RAB)
By Alain NZEYIMANA
Agricultural Mechanization Specialist
Ag. Mechanization Program Leader
Engineering Solutions (ENGSOL) is an agricultural machinery company in Uganda that provides contract tractor services. ENGSOL owns 10 tractors and various implements that are used to conduct land preparation, planting, harvesting and transport services for dairy farmers. However, operating contract services is challenging due to small farm sizes, lack of farmer knowledge, poor field conditions and high operating costs. For the business to be sustainable, investments are needed in farmer training, land clearing, regional service hubs and financing support. Coordinating farmers into groups would also help improve efficiencies and reduce costs
The document discusses the development and promotion of several agricultural technologies in Pakistan by PARC, including:
1. A zero-tillage drill for wheat sowing that reduces time and labor needs and increases yields. Over 3,500 units are now used by farmers.
2. A wheat straw chopper that harvests straw left by combines and chops it into fodder, addressing issues of burning straw and loss of a valuable resource. Over 250 units are now used.
3. A high-capacity rice thresher that mechanizes rice threshing and reduces the threshing season from months to weeks. Over 700 units are now used across Sindh and Balochistan.
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Diptongo e hiato presentación divertidaNuria Durán
El documento habla sobre la acentuación de diptongos e hiatos en español. Explica que cuando dos vocales fuertes se juntan se separan formando un diptongo, mientras que cuando una vocal fuerte domina a una débil también se forma un diptongo. También menciona que si dos vocales débiles se juntan forman un diptongo, y que si una débil vence a una fuerte con "kung fu" se separan y la débil lleva tilde.
Kilimo Trust is an East African NGO that promotes agricultural mechanization in the region through private sector partnerships. The document discusses (1) Kilimo Trust's work integrating mechanization services provided by private partners in rice farming in Tanzania, including farm leveling, weeding, threshing, and irrigation pumps; (2) challenges faced including few service providers due to costs, and equipment breakdowns due to operation and maintenance skills gaps; and (3) lessons learned including opportunities for locally fabricated low-cost equipment and the importance of training operators in equipment use, repair, maintenance, and business skills.
This document summarizes a regional workshop on sustainable agricultural mechanization practices in Sub-Saharan Africa and opportunities for investment. It describes Agrimech Africa Limited's mechanization hire services across multiple hubs in Kenya, the types of machinery and staff, outputs and revenues from various agricultural activities, sources of financing, clients and service charges, challenges including access to finance and fragmented smallholders, future plans to expand services and needs for additional investment of $500,000 for equipment, training and infrastructure. Key recommendations are for policy support, partnerships, and addressing challenges of raising capital and high operational costs.
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The document discusses the development and promotion of several agricultural technologies in Pakistan by PARC, including:
1. A zero-tillage drill for wheat sowing that reduces time and labor needs and increases yields. Over 3,500 units are now used by farmers.
2. A wheat straw chopper that harvests straw left by combines and chops it into fodder, addressing issues of burning straw and loss of a valuable resource. Over 250 units are now used.
3. A high-capacity rice thresher that mechanizes rice threshing and reduces the threshing season from months to weeks. Over 700 units are now used across Sindh and Balochistan.
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1) PARC developed a zero-tillage drill to suit local farming conditions in Pakistan. Over 3,500 of these drills are now used by farmers. It saves time and labor during planting and increases wheat yields.
2) PARC introduced a wheat straw chopper that harvests leftover straw and stubble from combine harvesters. It chops the material into fodder for cattle. Over 250 of these machines are now used by farmers, providing economic and environmental benefits.
3) PARC helped develop and commercialize a high-capacity rice thresher to mechanize rice threshing. Over 700 of these threshers are now used, reducing labor needs and losses during rice harvesting.
The document summarizes Bongomin Group Limited, an agricultural mechanization company in Uganda. It provides mechanization services like land preparation, rice transplanting, harvesting to over 10,000 hectares annually. It aims to increase rice yields and expand services. It has 10 power tillers, 6 rice transplanters, 1 combine harvester, and trained staff. Services include paddling 2,400ha, transplanting 817ha, and harvesting 1,072ha yearly. The business faces challenges like lack of farm infrastructure and high training costs. It signs MOUs with farmer groups and trains local machine operators and repairers.
"Mechanization and Agricultural Transformation in Asia and Africa: Sharing Development Experiences: Pakistan", presented by S. G. Abbas, at NSD/IFPRI workshop on "Mechanization and Agricultural Transformation in Asia and Africa", June 18-19, 2014, Beijing, China
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Farm mechanization has become key to agricultural production in India and has contributed significantly to increased food production. Mechanization has increased productivity, reduced costs and crop losses, and increased efficiency. However, there are large variations in mechanization across regions. Bihar has relatively low levels of farm power availability, grain yields, and irrigation compared to other high producing states. The document discusses various farm machinery and technologies developed by IARI that could be suitable for increasing mechanization in Bihar. These include animal feed preparation machines, compost making machines, machines for rainfed farming, and other useful agricultural equipment.
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During the Conference on Mechanization in Africa's agriculture held in Dakar on the 16th of April, Professor Noble Bannada explained how being mechanized does not only mean having tractors. He discussed in details the advantages of being mechanized using different equipment depending on the need and this, in every step of the process from the production to the sale of an agricultural product especially as of today, with the impacts of climate change on the working conditions of farmers, the planting till harvesting process and period and its impacts on the global economy as a whole without mechanization. he addressed a key message to the high graduate students about their role and importance in agriculture and the results of their involvement.
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During the Conference on Mechanization in Africa's agriculture held in Dakar on the 16th of April, Professor Noble Bannada explained how being mechanized does not only mean having tractors. He discussed in details the advantages of being mechanized using different equipment depending on the need and this, in every step of the process from the production to the sale of an agricultural product especially as of today, with the impacts of climate change on the working conditions of farmers, the planting till harvesting process and period and its impacts on the global economy as a whole without mechanization. he addressed a key message to the high graduate students about their role and importance in agriculture and the results of their involvement.
CFU-Tanzania conducted a survey of tractor service providers (TSPs) in 5 districts to develop a sustainable private sector for minimum tillage mechanization. The survey found that while there are many tractors, most are old with low horsepower. TSPs have limited skills, financial access, and awareness of conservation agriculture. CFU-Tanzania is training TSPs, linking them to equipment and loans, and promoting conservation agriculture. Their goals are to further train farmers and TSPs, facilitate equipment acquisition, and create an enabling environment for the private sector to support minimum tillage services.
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IFPRI- CSISA organized a one day high level policy roundtable on Sustainable Intensification in India’s Risk-Prone Ecologies: Investment strategies for productivity growth, resource conservation, and climate risk management” on May 19, 2014 in New Delhi.
This roundtable, brings together a high-level small group of individuals from the corporate, government, and research sectors to address one of India’s most urgent challenges to food security and economic growth—how to encourage private sector investment in accelerating productivity growth in India’s risk-prone ecologies while simultaneously conserving the environment.
There are solutions already in farmers’ fields and rural markets that respond to these challenges, and this Roundtable will highlight recent advances, for example: innovative financial products and information services for small-scale farmers; diagnostic tools for managing water and soil nutrient scarcity; custom-hired resource-conserving machinery for small farms; crop diversification and high-value marketing strategies; and stress-resistant wheat and rice varieties. But the search for solutions is far from complete. This Roundtable is meant to engage participants in a rapid-fire discussion of recent technical solutions in Indian agriculture, the prospects for policy change, and corporate outlooks for the next five years. The purpose is to help public and private sector players to identify common investment strategies, forge partnerships, and chalk out collaborative efforts to effect technological, market, and policy improvements in India’s risk prone ecologies.
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Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia face significant productivity challenges due to a lack of mechanization. This is largely due to a mechanization gap, restricted access to finance for equipment, and limited use of quality inputs. As a result, actual yields are much lower than potential yields, representing a considerable loss in agricultural output. Hello Tractor addresses these challenges by providing an online marketplace that connects farmers to tractor owners, as well as offering flexible financing options to increase access to mechanized services and inputs. This aims to boost agricultural productivity across the regions.
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Africa has the least mechanized agricultural system in the world today. Yet, there are several examples across the continent where innovative technologies and successful mechanization practices are improving the capacity of smallholders and other operators to grow, store, process, transform and transport their crops and products. During this meeting, Prof. Noble Banadda discussed that Mechanization is not just about tractors. Successful mechanization along the whole value chain will have to be a priority in future development and growth agendas for African smallholder agriculture. Mechanization is also not just about technology either. Rather, its success depends on investment in research and development, technical capacity to build and operate machines, availability and maintenance of spare parts, financing, adaptability to local needs, application to different environmental conditions, and impact on local employment. Increasing the uptake of mechanized technologies along agricultural value chains therefore requires a comprehensive, systemic approach. The discussion draws on the Malabo Montpellier Panel’s second report, Mechanized: Transforming Africa’s agriculture value chains, which systematically analyses the steps taken by seven countries at the forefront of progress in mechanization.
This document summarizes a regional workshop on sustainable agricultural mechanization practices in Sub-Saharan Africa. It discusses the current state of mechanization on the continent, common business models for tractor hire services, and the capacity development needs of machinery owners and operators. Key points include: 1) Mechanization levels in Africa have declined since independence while rising in Asia; 2) Tractor hire services are often run as small businesses with minimal record keeping; 3) Operators lack technical skills in machine operation and maintenance; 4) Training programs need to target machine owners, operators, and artisans on business management, technical skills, and manufacturing techniques. The document argues that partnerships between public and private sectors can help strengthen capacities across the agricultural mechanization
Investing in agriculture can help reduce hunger and poverty. Countries that invest consistently in agriculture have made progress in reducing hunger. The author sees opportunities to partner with governments, organizations, and financial institutions to increase investment in agriculture and rural development. Key areas to invest include palm oil refining, fish farming, and cassava processing. Cassava is a vital crop for Nigeria's economy as the largest producer worldwide. Successful cassava farming requires selecting suitable land, varieties, planting techniques, and fertilizer application to achieve high yields.
This document provides information on conservation agriculture practices in Tanzania. It discusses the background of traditional tillage contributing to soil degradation. It then summarizes various projects and organizations promoting conservation agriculture, including reducing tillage with rippers and two-wheel tractors. Key points include the Farm Mechanization & Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification project, Conservation Farming Unit demonstrations, and the ACT project combining CA with trees. The document also discusses the Tanzania Agriculture Climate Resilience Action Plan and newly formed National Conservation Agriculture Task Force. Lastly, it introduces the Bio-Agtive technology using tractor emissions to stimulate plant growth as a replacement for chemical fertilizers.
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1. The National Innovation Foundation - India (NIF) was founded in 2000 to promote grassroots innovations in India. It has scouted over 2,25,000 ideas from indigenous innovators across India.
2. NIF supports grassroots innovators through various functions like validation and value addition of innovations, intellectual property management, enterprise development, and dissemination of innovations. It has supported over 1000 projects and transferred 89 technologies to licensees.
3. Examples are provided of successful start-ups by grassroots innovators in India that were supported by NIF, including innovations in groundnut harvesting, paddy threshing, tree climbing, herbal processing, and biomass gasification. These start-
Regional workshop in Kampala, Uganda from December 9-12, 2019 to share experiences of sustainable agricultural mechanization hire service models in Sub-Saharan Africa. [1] Agricultural mechanization in Uganda is limited, with only 15% of farmers having access, leading to problems like drudgery, crop losses, and low incomes. [2] Uganda's agriculture sector employs 72% of the population and accounts for 24.7% of GDP but remains largely unmechanized. [3] The government is promoting increased mechanization through projects, developing policies, and models to increase smallholder farmers' access to machinery hire services.
The Brussels Development Briefing n.45 on the subject of “Smart and Affordable farming solutions for Africa: the next driver for agricultural transformation” was held in Brussels at 09:00-13:00 on 13th July 2016 at the Albert Borschette Congress Center, Room 1.A (Rue Froissart 36, 1040 Brussels). This Briefing was organised by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in collaboration with the European Commission, the the European Commission / DEVCO, the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD, CEMA, Agricord and the PanAfrican Farmer’s Organisation (PAFO).
Field Visit Observation Prepared and presented by
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ACT, Policy and Strategy Adviser
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1) The document discusses opportunities for youth employment in sustainable agricultural mechanization and conservation agriculture (CA) in Africa.
2) CA practices like no-till farming can build soil, reduce erosion, lower input costs, and increase yields. Mechanized tools and equipment can make farming less laborious.
3) An initiative called AfricaMechanize is launching platforms and a knowledge hub to link farmers, service providers, and equipment manufacturers to support adoption of sustainable agricultural mechanization practices in Africa.
4) Capacity development is needed at various levels through initiatives like CA Centers of Excellence to train farmers and entrepreneurs in CA and mechanization and create an enabling environment for their widespread adoption.
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This document proposes an investment in TROTRO Tractor Ltd., a company that aims to increase agricultural mechanization in Africa. TROTRO connects farmers in need of tractor services via mobile phones to tractor owners, who can provide services within 72 hours. This reduces farmers' waiting time from 2 weeks to 3 days and improves yields. TROTRO uses GPS to match farmers to the nearest tractor and ensure security. The system allows tractor owners to earn money and recover costs within 3 years. It has already registered over 21,000 farmers, 12,500 acres serviced, and $254,716 paid to owners in its first year of operation in Ghana. The document argues this model could help address the shortage of tractors and increase
AgLeaseCo is a leasing company incorporated in Zambia in 2017 with the goal of increasing access to finance for smallholder farmers. It offers fixed-interest finance leases for farm equipment for up to 60 months with no collateral required. Currently operating in 5 Zambian provinces with 7 employees, AgLeaseCo aims to expand its supplier network, finance more types of equipment, grow its geographic reach within Zambia, and potentially expand to new countries to further its mission of boosting mechanization, crop yields, and food security through increased access to financing for farmers.
- Agventure is a Kenyan farmers cooperative that has been practicing conservation agriculture for 13 years and has seen immense benefits from adopting its three principles.
- One farm's story shows how yields increased from an average of 2.7 tons/ha before conservation agriculture to 4.31 tons/ha after adopting conservation agriculture for 7 years, and how the farm was able to grow multiple crops and be resilient during drought.
- Over the past 3 years, Agventure has trained over 300 farmers on conservation agriculture and crop rotation, increasing the acreage under crops like canola that is used for rotation. Agventure's message is that conservation agriculture is key to food security globally.
The document outlines a framework for sustainable agricultural mechanization in Africa. It identifies 10 interrelated elements to guide countries in developing national strategies, including boosting farm power, promoting innovative financing, and ensuring commercial and environmental sustainability. A long-term vision is needed to accelerate mechanization through increased investments, innovations, and regional cooperation on training, manufacturing, and technology transfer. The framework provides guidance to policymakers on priority actions to mechanized African agriculture in a sustainable manner.
The Centre for No-till Agriculture (CNTA) in Ghana provides mechanized conservation agriculture services to farmers. It was established in 2012 as a non-governmental organization to demonstrate the benefits of no-till farming. CNTA owns tractors, rippers, rollers, and no-till planters that it uses to provide tillage, crimping, and planting services. It acquired its equipment through a grant from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. CNTA trains farmers and collects data on the performance of no-till farming compared to traditional slash-and-burn methods. Its goal is to continue sharing evidence of conservation agriculture's benefits and advocate for policies supporting mechanized no-till adoption.
This document provides an overview of conservation agriculture principles and perspectives on service provision in Sub-Saharan Africa. It discusses the opportunities for farmers in Africa but also the challenges they face. Conservation agriculture can help increase productivity, resilience and mitigate climate change impacts when adopted along with other good agronomic practices. While conservation agriculture adoption is increasing globally and in parts of Africa, overall adoption in Africa remains low at around 1.5 million hectares due to challenges smallholders face in accessing services and information. For conservation agriculture to scale in Africa, mechanization and diversification are needed to make farming more competitive and sustainable.
Current Situation of Agricultural Mechanization in Kenya. Agricultural production in Kenya relies on human labor (48%), animal draught power (20%), and motorized power (32%). Average mechanization levels are about 30%. A case study shows the costs of manual rice production in Western Kenya take up 42% of costs for activities like digging, weeding, and harvesting. Mechanization could lower production costs. Opportunities for investment in agricultural mechanization include hub models that link farmers to service providers and machinery for activities like tillage, spraying, harvesting, processing, and marketing. Concerted efforts are needed to enable smallholder farmers to transition to mechanized systems.
FAO is well positioned to support investment in food and agriculture due to its political mandate, global knowledge repository, technical expertise, and network. Most agricultural investment comes from farmers themselves and governments, though new opportunities exist to attract private capital to help close the $3.76 trillion annual funding gap to achieve the SDGs. FAO facilitates strategic partnerships and provides support through investment programming and policy advice, capacity development, and knowledge sharing to attract investment from sources like the World Bank and IFAD into country projects focused on food security, smallholder inclusion, and natural resource management.
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2. Zirobwe Agali awamu Agri-business Training Association (ZAABTA) is a higher level
farmers organization that was registered as a company limited by guarantee in the
year 2004. ZAABTA is one of farmers organizations that benefited in the Government’s
upland rice pilot projects that was a partnership between JICA and the Ministry of
Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries for improvement of Post Harvest handling
and Agro – processing through farmers and farmer organizations and the project was
sustained and progressing up to date .
ZAABTA is focused on Agri Business Training, Grain production and Processing , Seed/
Stock multiplication , Inputs and Outputs Market linkages. ZAABTA manages an
integrated agricultural value chain for rice, soybeans, beans, maize grains and
Horticulture with operations from procurement, bulking, cleaning, packaging, storage,
and marketing from smallholder farmers to profitable markets.
ZAABTA’s current membership stands at 4,634 registered smallholder farmers (162 farmer
groups) from our areas of operation.
ZAABTA bridges the gap by doing the backward and forward linkage by supporting
small holder farmers access Agricultural credit facilities from financial institutions to boost
production, supporting in seed loaning through the seed bank project, training and
assisting in the basic agronomic practices, training and supporting the post harvest
handling and Agro-processing through hiring and demostrating mechanisation
equipments and at the same time support farmers access profitable markets for their
value added produce.
3. ZAABTA’S VISION
A self sustaining and strong
farmers organization with
outstanding agri-business
services in Uganda.
4. AREAS OF OPERATION
• Luwero
• Mukono
• Kayunga
• Wakiso
• Nakasongola
• Nakaseke Districts.
5. CURRENT PERFORMING SECTORS AT
ZAABTA
1. Rice sector (production and processing)
2. Maize sector (production and processing)
3. Beans sector (production and processing)
4. Coffee sector (production and processing)
5. Farmers stockist shop
6. Commodity investment and treasury sector
7. Seed bank sector grain marketing & storage
project
8. Machinery and equipment hire sector
agricultural extension service delivery
9. Horticulture sector
10. Seedling production sector
6. Activities in the provision of agricultural
mechanization hire services
PLOUGHING SERVICES
PLANTING SERVICES
SPRAYING SERVICES
WEEDING SERVICES
MOBILE IRRIGATION SERVICES
SHELLING SERVICES
THRESHING SERVICES
CLEANING AND GRADING SERVICES
DRYING SERVICES
TRANSPORT SERVICES
MILLING SERVICES
7. Type of Equipment Performance
(Power,Width..
Date of Purchase New or Used
condition
TRACTOR 390hp,0.5acres/
hr
2018 Used condition
POWER TILLER 8.5hp,2400rpm 2018 New
PLANTERS 2acre/hr 2016 NEW
JAB PLANTERS FROM 2013 NEW
ELECTRONIC SPRAY
PUMPS
25pumps/hr FROM 2014 NEW
Wheel weeders 0.5acre/day FROM 2018 NEW
Rice reaper 1 ton/hr FROM 2012 NEW
Rice cutter 1 ton/hr FROM 2012 NEW
Rice threshers 10bags/hr FROM 2010 NEW
Maize shellers 16hp,30bags/hr FROM 2014 NEW
8. Type of Equipment Performanc
e
(Power,
Width..
Date of
Purchase
New or Used
condition
Mechanical drier 5TONS/HR 2016 OLD
Grain cleaner 2019 NEW
Complete rice
mill(pre-cleaner,mill
andgrader)
SB 30,SB 50
1.5TON/HR,
2.5TON/HR
2018 NEW
complete maize mill
(pre-cleaner,huller
and mill)
1.5ton/hr 2018 NEW
Tata truck 15TONS 2018 NEW
Mobile irrigation kits (
fuel water pump,
solar pump,hose
pipes and sprinklers)
10,000ltrs/hr 2017 NEW
9. STAFF JOB TRAINING/QUALIFICATIO
N
YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE
KABALI JULIUS MACHINE OPERATORS TRAINED ON JOB 8YRS
TIBATEMWA ELIFAZ MACHINE OPERATOR TRAINED ON JOB 8YRS
KATENDE ISMAIL MACHINE OPERATOR CERTIFICATE IN DRIVING 8YRS
NSUBUGA ABDUL TATA driver CERTIFICATE IN DRIVING 20YRS
WALUSIMBI HENRY MACHINE OPERATOR TRAINED ON JOB 4YRS
NSUBUGA MUSA MACHINE OPERATOR TRAINED ON JOB 4YRS
MUWONGE SUDAIS MACHINE OPERATOR TRAINED ON JOB 2YRS
HIRE MIKE MACHINE OPERATOR TRAINED ON JOB 2YRS
SEMAKALU IBRAHIM MACHINE OPERATOR TRAINED ON JOB 5YRS
KYEKULIDDE TRACTOR OPERATOR TRACTOR OPERATOR
CERTIFICATE
20YRS
KIBIRIGE TRACTOR OPERATOR 15YRS
10. Major mechanization hire-services:
Outputs
Description of the
activity
Agricultural production
chain
Output (in Ha/year,
t/h, km …)
Period over the year
PLOUGHING
SERVICES
Maize,beans,rice,soy
beans
625.66/YR 6250Ha
PLANTING ALL CROPS 3864.16ha/yr 19320.8ha
SPRAYING ALL CROPS 508.33 3049.98
WEEDING ALL CROPS 348ha/yr 3132ha
SHELLING MAIZE.G.NUT 10ha/yr 216ha
THRESHING RICE 215ha/yr 2365ha
MILLING RICE,MAIZE. 10,000tons/yr 30,000tons/yr
CLEANING MAIZE,BEANS 200tons 9000tons
DRYING maize 3000tons 3900tons
irrigation All crops 30ha/yr 150ha
transport All crops N/A N/A
11. Sources of financing for the acquisition
of equipment
• We are acquired these equipments from
different sources:
1. Own funds
2. Grants from Partner organisations
3. Local government
12. Clients and Service Charges
Market prospecting (local or outside the region)
a. Local markets
b. Areas of Operations
c. Outside the région
Types of customers (subsidised or self-financing clients)
a. Large scale,medium and Small scale farmers.
b. Institutions
Setting of service rates
a. Depends on number of acres, tons and mileage
Method of payment
a. Cash
b. Bank
c. Mobile money
Market strategies
a. Use of extension models (village agent model and nokia youth model)
13. ZAABTA INCOME STATEMENTS
GRAPH
-UGX 200,000,000.00
UGX -
UGX 200,000,000.00
UGX 400,000,000.00
UGX 600,000,000.00
UGX 800,000,000.00
UGX 1,000,000,000.00
UGX 1,200,000,000.00
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
SALES
GROSS PROFIT
SURPLUS/LOSS AFTER TAX
KEY
Sales = turnover / gross sales
Gross Profit = turnover less
cost of sales (opening stock
add purchases less closing
stock)
Surplus/Loss after tax =
gross profit add other
incomes add grants less
governance costs less admin
expenses less financial
charges less income tax
14. Business Constraints/Challenges
High cost of machinery
High level of fake spare parts on the
market
Inadequate technical knowledge on
operation and maintenance
15. ZAABTA is planning to buy and acquire more machines to
increase production by the farmers through our own funds, grants
and loans from different stake holders.
ZAABTA is planning to buy equipments for all the marketing
stores (9 in number) with in the five districts of
operation(luweero,mukono,nakaseke,nakasongola and kayunga)
for the farmers to access them as they are near their villages within
5yrs.
Train farmers to fully adopt the use of machines at their farms as
there labour saving technologies within 5yrs
Continue support farmers with trainings on the use, operate and
how to maintain these equipments as some of them are operated
by farmers.
Continue collaborate with different partners as all come with
different new ideas and innovations withhin 5yrs.
16. Difficulties in the use of the
equipments
Few Equipments compared to number of supported
farmers.(planters,weeders,shellers, threshers, power tiller ,tractor etc)
Some Farmers farming cultures don't support the use of equipments
(eg weeders)
Late preparation which hinder use of some equipments eg use of
tractor in water lodging areas, wheel weeders,power tiller etc.
Long distances to transport the machines
Low cost of farmer produce in the market hinder farmers to use
machines eg grain cleaner, drier etc after harvesting.
Fake spare parts sold by suppliers.
Poor post harvest handling by the farmers leads to faulting some
parts o the equipment eg rice mill, maize mill etc.
Travelling long distance increases transport cost which leads to
increase on service cost and its not favourable for some farmers eg
small scale farmers.
17. solutions
We continue train farmers on how to operate
some of the equipments (eg rice
threshers,weeders,rice cutters,spray pumps
etc)
Mobilise farmers to prepare their gardens
before the start of rain season
we are continuing demonstrating all the
equipment down to farmers villages for them
to fully adopt their use.
we intend to buy and put some of the
machines at our collection stores to reduce
transport cost and even increase accessibility
18. Recommendations for promoting
service delivery at National level
Increase efforts on technical
backstopping on operation and
maintenance of equipments
Need for leverage of resources with
private sector to increase mechanization
uptake
Decentralise mechanisation technology
exhibitions to rural areas.
Supporting innovative technologies to
improve efficiency and sustainability.