Nigeria - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Harry's farms limited is aimed at producing grains such as maize rice a groundnuts all year round in and out of season to make available food at subsidised rate to reduce the rate of food shortages

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

We intend to go to full time irrigation farming so we can go in to year round production of food, we want to install borehole for adequate supply of water and we will need a stable source of power supply for that purpose, with everything in place, we want to be a major producer of maize, rice and groundnut.

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

First of all the problems we want to solve is to remove shortages of food, and produce food at affordable prices, secondly provide employment opportunities, thirdly our irrigation system with support the environment especially during the dry season where the ecosystem needs balance and finally reduce the rate of poverty in the community.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your project intends to provide (at least 3).

The benefits of this project is that it will 1. Provide job opportunity 2. Make food available 3. Make impact on the environment positively 4. Bring development to the community that this will be practice.

01.04 Please describe who exactly your project is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

The project will impact positively on 1 women 2 youth 3 the poor 4. And the community.

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2023-02-08

01.06 How many other partners are associated with your business venture?

2

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

19

01.08 Please describe the profile of each of the other partners (skills, experience, etc.)

Zitung dung is a cooperative organisation that aims ant training and producing vegetables all year round, will zango kataf local government authorities is the locality where the land is provided for our practice

01.09 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link here:

http://www.Facebook.com/Harry's farms limited

01.10 Which industry best describes your project?

l) Agriculture

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

Producing food at subsidised rate reduce poverty and hunger, also employment

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

The production of food year round will make food available for everyone there by ending hunger

02.03.01 My project contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

6

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

Our food production system is such that encourages production of healthy food for well being of people

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

6

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

In the process we intend to train people that the can produce for themselves

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

Women and youth are our major target

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

That is why we need to install borehole for adequate supply of water for our practice and make it available for consumption

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

6

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

Energy is necessary for our development

02.08.01 My project contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

7 - Strongly Agree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification

Employment will help grant a good working environment

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

Innovation is one of our aim when it comes to irrigation

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

We will work towards meeting standard set by international standards

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

We intend to be a source of community development with our activities

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

We want to produce possibly process

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

Irrigation is one practice that help correct some climatic disruption and we aim at practicing that

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

5

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

We intend to make positive impact when it comes to life conservation

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

We intend to us animal faeces to enrich the soil to make it fertile for our practice this is very key to why we rear goats and cattle for this purpose

02.16.01 My project contributes to the Peace justice and strong institutions goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

Without peace successful agriculture cannot take place, that is why we work hand in hand with the Fulani and others to make sure that our efforts is Wellcome by the community

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

We work with other agencies as mentioned to see to it that the project is a successful one

05.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.02 The product/service we envision creating represents an entirely new type of product/service.

6

05.03 The product/service we envision creating could be described as a new technology.

6

05.04 The product/service we envision creating is an improvement on an existing product or service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.05 The product/service we envision creating could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.06 The product/service we envision creating responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.07 The product/service we envision creating is a new version of an old product/service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.08 Justification

The idea is not new but it have been innovated to make it better

05.09 Who are your main potential competitors and what makes you stand out from them?

People have been into the practice, but they don't use innovative, and are not eco friendly in their practice, that makes me different

10.06 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?

Yes, I have a group of women I teach certain skills and innovative ones in farming