Kenya - Business creation project

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Chyullu honey processors is a apiculture project that is designed to increase productivity and profitability of honey sector within Chyullu, through introduction of modern technology to 400 farmers, on production, harvesting, value addition and marketing.

01.01 Décrivez votre projet en détail

The project is a enterprise program under Chyullu Development Foundation, a local community organization operating Kibwezi East of Makueni County. Having a conglomerate of hundreds of farmers on contract farming, we intend to support 400 farmers in raising their honey and honey production capacity, and through their well controlled productivity and harvesting system, aggregate the honey and other bee products. The aggregated products will then be packaged and sold as a nutrition commodity, and in extension value added to produce bee wax, cosmetic materials and other market oriented products. The project will involve capacity enhancement of registered bee farmers into modern bee keeping, as well as backing up with other regeneration microclimate projects and supporting organic farm practices. The organization will ensure frequent farm extension services, in order to boost the quality and quantity of honey produced. A aggregation and value addition centre will then be established.

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

This project is innovatively demand driven, to close the gap in where Chyullu region is one of the most potential bee populated areas, yet not exploiting on the apiculture enterprise. The project is also targeting to unionize and standardize the scattered productive ways and methods in the identified farmers, who have a big potential but always losing it, due to lack of knowledge, skills, extension support and available profitable market. Finally, the project is rallying behind the idea that although honey is being produced, and despite Chyullu honey being the most admired in the market, farmers face exploitation due to dis organized marketing, raw product sales, post harvest losses. Our intention to control production, aggregation, value addition and marketing is meant to create an enterprise agenda that supports everyone from the farmer, cooperative/ CBO to the consumers. The gap between prices of value added honey and honey products is so wide, necessitating the processing idea.

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).

Chyullu honey is obtained from the most dense indigenous suburbs of Chyullu and Tsavo conservancies. The product is therefore the best in terms of taste and quality. Additionally, the product is safe and meets all the required one health standards, from the fact that farmers within the ecosystem are still using traditional methods in pests and disease control at all the levels of production. This project is not only gearing towards boosting the incomes of both farmers and the entire value chain, but also contributing to environmental sustainability through enhancing the ideology on greening (as a boost to bee population and operations) and promoting alternative livelihoods that ease burden on anthropogenic effects on the ecosystem. This project provides a buyer a good platform to consume healthy, nutritious honey and its products, while at the same time contributing directly to attainment of global sustainable goals.

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

The project aims at serving the following identified persons: 1. The over 400 farmers and their entire households, who will directly be capacity build into modern honey production, consumption and marketing 2. The 55 CBO Members who are among the 400 farmers, and now carrying the vision of honey aggregation and value addition, 3. The targeted 16800 clients who are mapped within and outside Makueni County. 4. The government, which will gain by its citizens being more productive, healthier and then able to better impact the social. political and economic landscape.

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

05/01/2016

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.).

Our technical advisor, Mr. Kennedy, runs a nationwide bee enterprise registered as Native bee care production company. Trained and equipped in India, Kennedy is perhaps the most trusted technical person our organization is aware of. We work with Kennedy's company in converting our previously traditional and scattered ways of managing apiculture in Chyullu, to the desired value addition levels as envisaged in this concept. Kennedy is well versed with all the skills and expertise that we would require to actualize this idea. Lydia Kiswii is the leading female youth aggregator and coach in Makueni county. Serving under different organizations of change and transformation, Lydia is working with our organization to assist our targeted members derive full enterprise activities at household level. She is responsible for impacting more than 100 youth and women entrepreneurs in the line of food systems. She serves with us as the mainstream food security promoter.

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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'

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

02.01.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

The project entails the direct transformation of 400 farmers and their households towards improved productivity and market access, for profitability and resilience building. The farmers are expected to boost their periodic incomes by more than double, and with effective and continuous knowledge and exposure, reduce poverty at both household and community levels. The project will introduce modern technologies on value addition on honey and honey products, providing green job opportunities to both locals and the wider society, since the idea is replicable. The

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

Our project is designed to introduce rigorous training and capacity enhancement programs alongside food systems. Some of the key target projects seen as a back up for apiculture include indigenous food growing, horticulture, fruit farming and agro forestry. The crops grown are directly going to impact on household food security, reducing hunger. Increased bee population will ensure that pollination occurs effectively, and thereby increasing food production and reducing hunger. Honey is one of most nutritious food supplements, and its increased supply will definitely reduce hunger.

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

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02.03.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

Our project is designed with keen consideration on one health agenda, with focus on product safety and security. The project is out to measure the quality honey from ecological level, where farmers are first being engaged in training and capacity enhancement towards renewable energy, conservation and organic farming. This step would be followed by investments around the apiculture value chain in ensuring that quality honey is produced at all standards. Our team will be able to track the product from production, harvesting, post harvest to storage, value addition and marketing. By the assurance that our clients will get quality honey, their health and well being is envisaged.

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

By engaging the community on sustainable agriculture through rigorous capacity enhancement, the project will directly be impacting on informal education. In addition, the project is directly impacting on household livelihoods empowerment and socio economic standards.

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

55% of the targeted 400 farmers are women. In addition, 68% of the applicant organization members are women. Our project will directly influence the lives of women more than the other sections of community. We understand that although women are undermined in the decision making levels of households and communities, this specific project is going to change the narrative and ensure high level social inclusion and gender mainstreaming in sustainable development. In addition, the project directly affects the food systems in our target areas. The role of rural women is highly centred within the kitchen part of the family, and this project will avail food, thereby providing role confidence in communities.

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

Our project is resilient and conservation friendly. Coupled with the regenerative agricultural practices that will be adopted once farmers get training on Farmer Managed natural Resources(FMNR), there is expected great improvement in water retention through natural infiltration. In addition, the project training will revolve around sustainable resource utilization, increasing the levels of water harvesting in the communities.

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

Our project is energy smart, with a keen focus on need for cost effective and less emitting source of energy. We willl use Solar power in the powering of machines and equipment that require energy in our farm, aggregation and value addition. Farmers will be capacity build on solarization of farm systems, as the project partners with other relevant renewable energy stakeholders to impact the same onto Chyullu and Tsavo communities.

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

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02.08.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

The project will bring about green job technologies through value addition and insistence on green energy. The current project target population is using traditional and labour intensive methods in apiculture, ana other agricultural practices. The traditional methodologies are also indecent and time wasting. By introducing smart farming technologies, the project is directly enhancing decency at work, and saving time wasted in unfriendly activities, boosting economic growth. The project team is keen on improving productivity and profitability, therefore directly impacting rural and economic growth.

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

Our project gears towards shift from the cheap sale of locally produced honey, into more profitable and market diverse end products after value addition. Honey and honey products serve as prime raw materials for the production of organic cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and wax industries. From our thematic research, the project on value addition can thrive well within our target area(Makueni), providing a eye opener to the advancement of apiculture value chain. This project will provide both the locally viable factory which provides the lay out for conversion of honey into other desired products like wax, lip balms, adhesives and detoxifiers.

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

The project is targeting one of the most vulnerable communities, who are recovering from the long spelled human- wildlife conflict and persistent climatic disorientations. The community is now set into advancing the livelihoods agenda, through ,maximizing alternatives. In addition, the project is targeting rural farmers, who have been for the longest period, oppressed by unfavourable human and natural factors. The project comes in as a solution to all the above mentioned inequalities including gender disparities, economic inequalities, opportunity and information/ skills inequalities.

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

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02.11.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

The project is targeting to raise the levels of one health in both rural, peri urban and urban dwellings within the areas where beneficiaries are located. Through this initiative, we are directly impacting on local communities by both providing resilience and well being, and also improving the standards of living. We will also ensure that urban areas located within our area of scope get pure, quality and non- contaminated honey and honey products, leading to a healthier lifestyle. Economic growth will also be felt as a positive impact in the development of urban and rural areas.

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

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02.12.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

Our beneficiary farmers will be taken through training and capacity enhancement towards the adoption of a conservation mindset, which involves recycling of farm and household waste. The communities will learn adoption of sustainable resource utilization through the introduction of resilience management. Our quality products after processing will introduce a new culture on safety in handling goods and services, hence increasing the bargain on responsibility in productivity and consumption.

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

All the activities in line with our project are climate smart, with key focus on instilling climate resilience and micro mates within the targeted production area. In preparation for quality, sustainable honey production, we are instilling conservation, biodiversity and resilience programs within Chyullu and Tsavo ecosystems. We are keen onto climate action, through conservation, farmer managed natural resource plans and alternative resilience activities. Some of our perceived activities together with beneficiary communities include greening, grass reseeding, terracing works, conservation agriculture and environmental awareness.

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

The project is dryland, and does not directly impact on life below water. However, our efforts around soil conservation and reduction in the irresponsible use of Agro- chemicals will indirectly have a positive impact on waters draining all the way from our ecosystem to the Indian ocean.

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

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02.15.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

Our project is incorporating training and capacity enhancement within the Chyullu and Tsavo ecosystem areas, with respect to forest conservation, biodiversity regeneration and alternative livelihoods support. The targeted farmers, who are an entry point to the larger community, will

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

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02.16.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

By empowering the households, the project is bringing about stability and social order, This directly impacts on peace and resilience within the community. In addition, the development of a Farmers cooperative will trigger string bargain and bond within the community there by

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

Our project is designed with high level strategic partnership amongst local farmers, opinion leaders, state departments and non state actors. The project is taking into consideration all the levels of internal and external stakeholders, with key regard to shared goals and objectives. We are creating a strong bond with market linkages.

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

3

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

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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

Our idea is uniquely the to be only established quality aggregation and processing unit in the county. While there are other private value addition centres, their quality and originality is highly questioned, and mostly utilizing fading technology. This project is designed to introduce technological standards in checking the quality and originality of honey and honey products, for sustainable development agenda. Our event is the only to be influencing quality assurance all the way from the farm level, to the farmers, to the harvesting, aggregation, processing and consumer level. We are also the only community based organization to organize and succesfully run a enterprise that

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

Our main competitors are the other honey aggregators brokers. There are a number of locally packaged honey products in the market, with most of these products raising questions around quality and originality. Our products are specifically peculiar, having studied the gaps in society and space. First, our honey is the most customer satisfying based on local client results that we have gathered by supplying the already available Chyullu honey. Secondly, by developing a system of adding value to our products, we have a upper hand in the market orientation, through going an extra mile and showcasing a more profitable approach to dealing with the value chain, without losing the quality of farm product.

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

As the chairperson Chyullu Development Foundation, the YALI RLC representative for Lower Eastern and a seasoned social entrepreneur, we have a record of supporting women towards livelihoods and socio economic growth and development. In total, we have initiated the systems establishment of 60 women groups from a traditional setting to currently table banking, financing and property management. Additionally, we have partnered with Makueni county government to issue more than Kes 100,000,000 to local female entrepreneurs. We have now a list of more than 20 locally established entrepreneurs who are beneficiaries of our initial entrepreneurship training back in 2015. Through the food systems programs for Makueni county, we have currently supported more than 200 young farmers into agribusiness. These mentioned farmers are part of the 400 who are targeted under this program.