Suzanne Awung Nvenekeng - Founder Suzzy Farms Cameroun African Diaspora Agro Food Forum 2018 25th April 2018 Bouchout Castle, Botanic Garden Meise Belgium

1. Suzy-Farms Agri-Aqua Corporation
Nvenakeng Suzanne Awung
Meise, 25/04/2018
Bonduma- Buea, Cameroon

2. Introduction
Challenges
Food insecurity
Poverty
Malnutrition
Land grabbing
Low adaptability to
climate change
Import of chicken
banned (2005)

3. Objectives
 Resilient communities
 Food security
 Alleviate poverty
 Commercial returns
 Improve livelihoods/wellbeing
 Climate change adaptation
 Agenda 2030 - SDGs, Paris Agreement & National Adaptation plans
Strategies
 Mixed-crop farming and inter-spacing fruit trees
 Animal husbandry & Aquaculture
 Training of local farmers - producers, consumers, distributors & employees

4. Animal husbandry & Aquaculture
Revenue
(M FCFA)
Op. cost Fixed cost Net cash
increase
3.5 2.64 0.7 0.15
8.1 6.05 0.74 1.3
13.1 9.67 1.24 2.2
20.7 15.7 0.76 4.2

5. Our competitors TFGH venture
Technical skills 20% of technical know-
how
Veterinarian, animal-husbandry specialist, financial
manager, market specialist
Infrastructure Poor housing, hygiene
and sanitation
Aerated housing, proper sanitation
Motility rate Between10-50% 2-5% mortality rate
Marketing Local market Hotels, restaurant, supermarket, farm gate, local market
and other towns in Cameroon.
Poultry Between 50-200 birds Between 1000-7000 birds
Aquaculture &
goat rearing
None Between 1500 – 15000 units
Advertising Words of mouth Website, blog, social media, YouTube, folders,
newspapers, exhibitions, radio and TV
• Demo & market network
• 4 income streams – eggs,
meat, fish and seedlings
• Sell at farm gate, hotels,
restaurants & supermarkets
• Guaranteed profit margins
• ATEAR market strategies
Training, skills and income streams
• 4 weeks training without payment
• Win-Win situation for farmers and venture
• Assist in selling farmer’s products
• Trained 9 - 4 retained employees, 5 enterpreneurs

6. Viability and profit potential

7. Effect of investment

8. Needs and Risks
• Investment of 40M FCFA
(€60000) at 7% return on
investment rate (3yrs) - to
expand and increase
production &
profit margins.
• Land – 4ha – 10M
• Transport van – 10M
• Housing – 11M CFA
-Brooders, growers, finishers,
layers, storage, hatchery
• Equipment – 9M CFA
- Eggs incubator, battery
cages, feed pallet
machine, animal feed
grinder, Kiln, freezers, &
Risks Prevention
Diseases and
mortality
-Improve housing condition
-disinfecting, proper hygiene, battery cages
-Monitoring, vaccination, culling, medication
-Produce feed, fingerlings and chicks
Market price -Transport van to access other markets
-Grading of products
-Adapt method of sale
-Different flocks for supply
High
production
cost
-Produce our own feed, fingerlings and
chicks
-Tight management
-Battery cages to reduce labour
-Lowest feed conversion ratio
-Sell before the carrying capacity
Electricity cuts -Stand by generator

9. • Include local farmers as consumers, producers,
distributors and employees
• Provide local employment and income
• Alleviate poverty and illitracy
• Improve livelihoods, health and wellbeing
• Ensure food security and better nutrition
• Increase community adaptability to climate change
• Reduce pressure on the forest
• Restores ecosystems and biodiversity
• Include local farmers as consumers, producers,
distributors and employees
• Provide local employment and income
• Alleviate poverty and illitracy
• Improve livelihoods, health and wellbeing
• Ensure food security and better nutrition
• Increase community adaptability to climate change
• Reduce pressure on the forest
• Restores ecosystems and biodiversity
Environmental and socio-economic impacts

10. • Meet-up to the Sustainable Development Goals -
Agenda 2030, Paris Agreement & Adaptation Plans
 Agenda 2030 for SDGs, 1-poverty, 2-hunger, 3-health, 4-
education, 8-jobs & economic growth, 13-combat climate
change, 15-sustain ecosystems, 16-peace & inclusive
societies
 Paris Agreement (art.7) - enhance resilience, build
adaptive capacity & reduce community vulnerability
 National Adaptation Plans – resilient communities, food
security, diversity & nutrition
• Meet-up to the Sustainable Development Goals -
Agenda 2030, Paris Agreement & Adaptation Plans
 Agenda 2030 for SDGs, 1-poverty, 2-hunger, 3-health, 4-
education, 8-jobs & economic growth, 13-combat climate
change, 15-sustain ecosystems, 16-peace & inclusive
societies
 Paris Agreement (art.7) - enhance resilience, build
adaptive capacity & reduce community vulnerability
 National Adaptation Plans – resilient communities, food
security, diversity & nutrition
Climate Change Adaptation & Sustainable Development Goals

11. • Selling our products & sharing our knowledge  we join local farmers
to enhance food supply, improve livelihoods, generate income and
eradicate poverty
• Local and modern agro-techniques + livestock rearing  increase food
productivity and feed the growing population.
• Project can be copied to other regions in Cameroon & other countries in
Sub-Saharan Africa
• Thinking about food scarcity in sub-Sahara Africa – remember TFGH
• Let’s use our passion and enthusiasm to lift others on our way up and
ensure food for all by 2050
Conclusion

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