Nigeria - Business creation project

Décrivez votre projet en quelques mots

Sacons farm is an agricultural based project, aimed not only at improving the quality of food consumed by people but also empowering and creating job opportunities. It is also targeted at offering farm produce at consumer friendly prices.

01.01 Décrivez votre projet en détail

Sacons Farm is an agricultural project aimed at producing farm produce at cheap and affordable rates whilst maintaining good quality. It will be operating in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. One of the many reasons that influenced the choice of location is predominantly on easy accessibility and fertility of their land, cost of production as things are relatively cheap in this region of the country, there by basking it the name “Food Basket of the Nation” and also to create a means of employment in the region as the unemployment rate is on the high side. Sacons Farms aims to plant, grow and harvest Rice, Yam, Cassava, Soya beans, Groundnut,Tomatoes and fresh pepper. The cost of these food crops enlisted are quite expensive across Nigeria which is usually affected by economic and seasonal factors and are also in high demand. This is where Sacons Farm steps in to breach in the gap between farmers and the consumers, as we intend to employ cheaper means of production.

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

The main problem Sacons Farm is trying to solve are lowering the cost of food production, improving the quality of food crops consumed by people, creating employment opportunities and generally improving the standard of living of the natives of Benue State which would further improve and encourage education amongst the people. Sacons Farms also projects to breach the gap of food scarcity in Nigeria especially for seasonal crops such as Tomatoes and also increasing the quantity of food crops available in the market across the 36 States of Nigeria by farming large volumes of food crops and ensuring an efficient means of transportation. Furthermore, this project is aimed at reducing food wastage by providing proper and quality storage facilities to preserve the quality of farm produce.

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).

The major benefit of using the product my project intends to provide are : 1. Provision of quality food crops at an affordable rate. 2. Creating job opportunities for unemployed youths in Benue State. 3. Improving the Standard of living across Benue State by creating job opportunities. 4. Making food more accessible to the consumers by creating effective transportation mechanisms. 5. Reducing the level of food scarcity by producing large volumes of food crops, and enduring proper storage facilities are used to store them, thereby preserving their quality and reduce food wastage.

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

My project is targeted at serving the consumers of food crops across Nigeria by providing quality and affordable food crops. And also, It’s targeted at improving the quality of living of the natives of Benue State especially the youths.

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

01/09/2023

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

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01.07 Parmi les autres propriétaires, combien sont des femmes ?

1

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

The first partner is a Anyor gabriel terkimbi. A native of Gboko living at 12 st paul str gboko east benue state. He graduated from Benue state uni. Makurdi with a Bsc psychology and is currently working as a Farmer. The second partner is Ms. Ozioma Chinedu, she hails from Chokoneze Ezinihitte Mbaise, Imo State and is a graduate of Veritas University Abuja. She is currently a staff at First Bank Nigeria, she has worked in several other cooperations such as Union bank, was an audit at Adeya Farms located in Sokoto, where she served during her Nysc in the year 2018 and came out as the corp member of the year.

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

b) Matériaux (agriculture, pêche, produits chimiques, matériaux de construction, conteneurs et emballages, métaux et mines, papier et produits forestiers)

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

My start up project can contribute to this goal by creating massive employment for not only the natives of Gboko LGA in Benue State but also a Roos Benue state as a whole and as well as in other state by employing labourers, agricultural engineers, drivers and marketers across the country.

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

Sacons farms can contribute to this goal by producing food crops such as rice, yam, soya beans, cassava etc in large volumes which will be stored in proper and quality storage facilities to reduce the volume of food wastage.

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

There’s a saying that says, you’re what you eat. Sacons Farms major priority is to ensure production of quality food crops under surpervised hygienic environment which would be stored in proper storage facilities to avoid spoilage and preserving the quality of the food crops.

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

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02.04.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

It will contribute immensely to this goal by improving the windows of opportunities for education especially amongst the youth by creating work opportunities for people as they now have better living opportunities to afford education.

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

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02.05.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

It will create work opportunities for both men and women alike.

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

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02.06.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

My project would contribute immensely to the goal as it will encourage a hygienic work environment.

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

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02.07.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

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

It would contribute immensely as it would boost the work opportunities within not just Benue State but the country as a whole, further improving the standard of living asa workers would be paid decent pay wages. To further buttress the fact that it’s aimed at providing quality farm produce at affordable prices.

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

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02.09.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

This would be achieved by creating more avenues to proper food storage facilities thereby solving the ages long problem of food wastage.

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

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02.10.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

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

My start up will contribute to this goal by providing the cities with affordable food products from the rural area at affordable prices.

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

This would be achieved by making good produce available for the consumers at affordable prices and the cost of production reduced by employing local and crude methods of farming to reduce the cost of production.

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

Traditional and crude methods of farming will be employed as the major means of farm work, thereby reducing the emission of harmful gases and also preventing food spoilage by employing the use of adequate storage facilities.

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

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02.14.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

It would impact on life below water as it would reduce the intake of processed foods due the the increase in availability of food crops. There by reducing the quantities of chemicals and wastage deposited in the sea, and also the level of food wastage will reduced significantly due the adequate storage systems which inversely reduced the quantity of food wastes dumped in 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

It would contribute immensely to life on land, as traditional and crude methods of farming will be employed as the means of carrying out the farm work, Thereby reducing the rate of pollution and industrialization.

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

My start up would contribute to this idea by actively engaging the natives especially the youths by creating job opportunities, thereby reducing the rate of unemployment and idleness of which are major factors that contribute to crisis in the community and also by financially empowerment.

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

My project contributes to this goal as I would partner with different individuals and industries to achieve my goal for instance, the transportation companies, agricultural engineers, food scientists and do many other industries

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

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

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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

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

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

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

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

My project idea is unique and innovative in the sense that it provided a new take on agriculture where consumers can have access to quality farm produce at an affordable price and very much readily available for purchase across all seasons.

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

My main potential competitors are big farm corporate giants striving in the country, what would make me stand out from them world be the freshness of my farm products, the quality, means of production, cost of the farm produce and most importantly their accessibility.

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

By employing them to work in the farms. For example, the females help to sell the farm produce in the market places and processing if the the harvested crops.