Uganda - Business creation project

Décrivez votre projet en quelques mots

Agro-green sustainable chain is an initiative to combat climate change, food security, low house hold income ,illiteracy ,poverty ,environmental degradation, marketing, poor quality, domestic-gender based violence and high crime rates in Bunyoro region.

01.01 Décrivez votre projet en détail

Agrogreen sustainable chain is an initiative to combat climate change through providing healthy certified horticultural, Cocoa and tree seedlings to created farmer groups in designated areas, the groups will be trained on group dynamics and savings to combat poverty, illiteracy and obtain saving culture for equality. solar lamps for farmer school going children horticulturals will fight food insecurity, weekly income and malnutrition, cocoa will be the main project crop of interest to increase house hold income fight poverty and the groups will be trained on centralized marketing to fight low prices, middle men, and have bargaining power. cocoa and tree seedlings will reduce environmental degradation, carbon emissions and generate income. the farmers will be trained on quality produce and post harvest handling, contract farming I look forward to source for international market and export all produce of the created groups ,have memorandum with the groups, and later adding crop value

01.02 Quel est le problème principal que vous essayez de résoudre ?

The project intends to solve marketing challenges, where farmers in bunyoro sale individually and therefore ,they are cheated, sustaining poverty. the central marketing will create marketing power. the high crime rates and illiteracy is caused by poverty due to lack of financial support, and knowledge, training on finance illiteracy will be provided. poor quality produce with low yields leading to low income and also limit food at home ,this is a general problem to farmers who use recycled seed from generations and also failure to be assisted technically to attain the yield. Due to Tobacco farming, trees have been cut down and therefore there is climate change, cocoa and tree seedlings will be planted to combat the problem. Lack of market is a big challenge in Uganda, and yet Europe and America consumes a lot of cocoa and agricultural products, therefore ,market sourcing will be done, a memorandum between farmers and the company will be done, and with international reliable customers

01.03 Dites-nous quels sont les principaux avantages et/ou bénéfices de l'utilisation du produit/service que vous souhaitez fournir par votre projet (au moins 3).

certified seedlings increased production, quality produce, food security, fights poverty and increase house hold income solar lamps and cocoa-tree seedlings planting fight climate change, environmental conservation and increase house hold income and fight poverty. centralized marketing groups increase bargaining power cutting off middle men. contract farming for producer groups gives surety of sustainable market and also reduces market losses. technical advises to farmers increase production and yield thus increase in house hold income and literacy in homes. saving and credit group literacy training will promote gender equality and reduces domestic violence. cocoa as a main crop, it conserves the environment, provides income to communities, fights climate change and increases house hold income, children attain school and a happy home is attained. the crop is a full package problem solver for communities. horticultural crops will provide a weekly income for farmers thus fighting poverty

01.04 Veuillez décrire précisément à qui s'adressera le produit/service de votre projet. Quels sont les bénéficiaires visés ?

the project is aiming to serve: school going children in the communities, we target about 1500 children men and women aged between 18 years and 85 or above (the aged are neglected yet some are still relevant in our communities) we target 500 aged adults, the aged are described as age between 55years and above school drop out with access to land aged between 17 years to 25 years. we target school dropped out about 2500 people with disabilities and discriminated persons such as people living with HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B widows and widowers we target 400, people with disabilities and 500 people living with HIV/AIDS OR Hepatitis B

01.05 Quand avez-vous commencé à travailler sur votre projet ?

01/01/2025

01.06 Combien y a-t-il de propriétaires sur votre projet en plus de vous ?

2

01.07 Parmi les autres propriétaires, combien sont des femmes ?

2

01.08 Veuillez décrire le profil des autres propriétaires de votre projet (compétences, expérience, etc.).

she is called: Mrs. Kyokunzire Claire aged 30 years, farmer and business woman, married with 3 children. she is skilled in farming ,with over 10 years of practical farming ,especially export. she is a business woman operating a solar and electronic shop with vast knowledge in solar equipment's. she is the sole proprietor of her business and a role model to most young ladies Ms kabagenyi Adaline is a retired senior counsellor with over 30 years working experience working with children ,adults living with HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B, she has a good communication and counselling skill ,ability to group up the stigmatized people to have hope of another life.

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01.10 Quel est le secteur d'activité qui décrit le mieux votre projet ?

l) Agriculture

02.01.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Pas de pauvreté'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.01.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

the project will provide cocoa seedlings to created groups and these groups will be linked to reliable market ,the cocoa project will fight poverty and for generations, while horticultural crops such as hot peppers, chilies and sweat potatoes will be providing income on quarter basis and weekly basis to the farmers as they wait for the cocoa project attain maturity. cocoa tree can go for over 70 years still viable under good management. harvested weekly as a farmer acquires income the peppers, garden eggs and peanuts will be a source of food, income for farmers until a project of cocoa is attained. these can be grown in small plots for sustaining their survival. project or crop selection will base on farmer interest

02.02.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Faim Zéro'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.02.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

in this project ,we have zero hunger farmers will be able to grow crops for their survival as well as some are sold off for their house hold income to buy any other food of balance. sweat potatoes ,peanuts, garden eggs, Irish potatoes are source of energy and with ready markets. they grow in less than 90 days and can go for more than 90 days when consumed on a calculated harvesting.

02.03.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Bonne Santé et Bien Être'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.03.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

horticultural crops will provide nutritional benefits to farmers thus having a good health presence of house hold income on weekly basis, will help a farmer access most services and needs, thus a healthy being. cocoa project will pay off more than all these after a while for further development

02.04.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Éducaiton de Qualité'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.04.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

increasing household income increases access to good quality education, scholastic materials and basic needs due to availability of funds. provision of solar lamps to school going children will ease the concentration to studies.

02.05.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Égalité entre les Sexes'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.05.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

the group saving will create an equality in decision making and also trainings on gender equality will enlighten the communities on gender rights. group association reduces gender violence due to socialization and exposure

02.06.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Eau Propre et Assainissement'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.06.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

provision of tree and cocoa seedlings will absorb carbon emission that could contaminate the water. planting trees will conserve the wet lands and swamps from encroachment. trainings will be provided to the groups on clean water and sanitation.

02.07.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Énergie Propre et Abordable'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.07.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

provision of solar lamps to all homes and school going children, will provide clean energy

02.08.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Travail Décent et Croissance Économique'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.08.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

harvesting produce on weekly basis will provide employment to communities, the export combat to be started to export farmer crops will provide employment to the people and communities around its operations. farmers are able to economically grow for more than 70 years as long as the cocoa project is well maintained.

02.09.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Industrie, Innovaiton et Infrastructure'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.09.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

an export company is to be started as an industry to export and process agro products through value addition for a sustainable industrialization.

02.10.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Réduction des Inégalités'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.10.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

the export company will be able to source products from other countries to hit the unfulfilled European market, thus neighboring countries will also be beneficiaries

02.11.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Villes et Communautés Durables'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.11.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

the export company and value chain industrialization will lead to development of cities and communities by paying taxes and engaging into government development projects and also helping the communities in service delivery, we look at giving free counselling and guidance, fighting stigma in stigmatized people in our targeted groups, helping the disabled people through providing space for them to grow crops for daily income and also provide home use materials. we shall be testing HIV/AIDS for free to communities.

02.12.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Consommation et Production Responsable'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.12.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

we shall ensure use of organic farming and also helping our farmers attain organic certificates for a sustainable farming and also having a trustable responsible consumption. we shall adopt all sustainable practices of protecting the environment, water, soil and human. use of solar panels and lamps by our farmers an also reduce use of plastics, and encouraging recycling of plastics

02.13.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Luttle contre les Changements Climatiques'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.13.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

providing tree seedlings and cocoa seedlings and also provision of solar lamps ,this is the project strategy in climate action goal. trainings will be provided to all farmers and communities benefiting from the project to ensure proper implementation of the project climate goal.

02.14.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Vie Sous-Marine'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.14.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

the project will aim at fighting and conserving life below water, through providing trainings on organic farming to avoid conatminating the waters, having proper farming techniques for farmers near water bodies

02.15.01 Mon projetp contribue à l'objectif 'Vie Terrestre'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.15.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

the project will provide organic trainings to farmers and communities in target to protect the terrestrial ecosystems, the project will also provide tree seedlings and cocoa seedlings to farmers and communities in target to protect ecosystems, forest, combat land degradation through organic farming and tree planting.

02.16.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Paix, Justice et Institutions Efficaces'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.16.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

protecting the rights of the people and also help them acquire legal rights in line with the project activities, the project will not tolerate corruption, bribery or any discrimination ,that's why we included people with disabilities, people living with HIV/AIDS ,children and women for gender.

02.17.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Parteneriats pour la Réalisation des Objectifs'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.17.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

the project will sponsor charity activities in the communities its working it, provide scholastic materials to children going to school and also help schools within the operating communities and district with safe water dispensers. the project will export produce to reliable international market to support country export and help communities in acquiring premier prices.

05.01 Il existe un grand nombre de clients qui utilisent déjà un produit/service très similaire à celui que nous envisageons de créer.

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

05.02 Le produit/service que nous voulons créer représente un type de produit/service entièrement nouveau

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

05.03 Le produit/service que nous voulons créer pourrait être décrit comme une nouvelle technologie

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

05.04 Le produit/service que nous voulons créer est une amélioration d'un produit ou d'un service existant

5

05.05 Le produit/service que nous voulons créer pourrait être décrit comme une extension d'une gamme de produits ou de services

3

05.06 Le produit/service que nous voulons créer répond à une demande ou à un besoin qui n'a pas été satisfait par d'autres produits/services.

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

05.07 Le produit/service que nous voulons créer est une nouvelle version d'un ancien produit/service

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

05.08 Justification de mon projet

The project is anew mechanism of clearing all bottle necks in the production chain, the main challenge farmers face is marketing ,lack of a reliable market leading to poverty. all this is attained through providing certified inputs to combat counterfeit seeds,the project will directly deal wiith the farmer,therefore no middle men in the production chain,the farmers will be grouped to improve their bargaining power for better prices,training will be provided both financial and agronomic trainings to increase their household income and Yield respectively. all this is not currently done by the current exporters in the country, making most farmers fail to comply with international market, thus lower prices. middle men take 80% of the profit therefore farmers take low prices with much energy used. the farmer will be able to track his produce from the farm to customer through a sustainable production system. The project has arrange of activities such as environmental conservation, savings

05.09 Qui sont vos principaux potentiels concurrents et qu'est-ce qui vous différencie d'eux ?

the main competitors are the middle men, local aggregators and only profit oriented export companies. The project will provide trainings to farmers and also acquire a fair trade license to provide premium prices to the farmers. the farmers will be provided with market information and also track progress of each individual farmer for the individual benefit and household income improvement. the project will provide free tree and cocoa seedlings including the horticultural crops with free agronomic trainings for better yield, this is not done by any competitor

10.06 Menez-vous des actions au sein de votre communauté pour promouvoir le rôle des femmes entrepreneurs ?

yes, the company secretary is a female and is a senior business woman with over 10 years experience in entrepreneurship as a sole proprietor ,the councilor In-charge of counselling and guidance is an experienced business woman with over 30 years of hands on.