Help Achieve Food Security in Africa
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Kone
Abdoulaye
INTERANTIONAL AGRO-ALLIANCE, INC
INTERANTIONAL AGRO-ALLIANCE, INC
877.292.3921
173 NW 89 ST Miami, FL 33150
, FL, Miami-Dade County
Non-profit/NGO/Citizen-sector Organization
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Future expansion plan to Liberia, Guinee and Sierra Leone
Africa.
Less than $1 Million.
812,000
5-24.
20 created by IAA and 400 employment positions create by the co-op of 100 farmers.
Our sustainable Agricultural development program requires a budget of 812,000 can come from loan programs or public funding. In either case our program is designed to be self-sustained because of the program proceeds.
Idea phase
E. Program outcomes
1. By developing 2000 acres of lands we will produce 4200 metric tons of rice for the local community (Based upon the current Statistics, the yield of rice per acre is 2100 kg in Sub-Saharan Africa). Each program participant will average 20 acres of land or more (this is common in the area.).This will help achieve food security,
2. Empower 100 farmers during our first crop season.
3. Create 400 jobs. Each farmer will provide one employment position for every five acres of land area, creating an average of four jobs X 100. This will help attract young working individuals back to an economically revitalizing area, and develop a solid path to hunger and poverty eradication throughout the region.
4. IAA will set contractual agreement with all participants to address the following:
a. Achieve a production benchmark of 90% yield per acre of any selected crop.
b. Mandatory participation to all educational workshops with agricultural experts.
c. Support program expansion plan to other communities, regions and countries.
5. IAA will provide and manage all supplies and modern agricultural equipment (tractors, plows, seed planters and harvesters) including high yield seeds and crops
Up to 50% of the total production from each farmer will be jointly managed with IAA to be sold in local markets, neighboring regions making food available and affordable. Some of the proceeds will be used to maintain existing equipment and acquire additional equipment in an effort to expand the program to other farmers in neighboring communities, regions and countries.
The program will continue to create jobs, empower farmers as it expands, enable citizens to achieve food sufficiency, improve their living conditions, develop schools, basic care facilities and reduce vulnerability to malaria and other diseases related to living conditions.
Specific barriers to fragile and weak states.
IAA understands that in order to achieve the goal of ending extreme poverty and hunger worldwide, industrialized nations must re-think ways to help developing countries progress.
Sadly, in many cases, international aid never reaches those in direct need. Therefore, IAA is committed to creating grassroots movements with economic opportunity build from the bottom up by means of developed consortiums and empowerment.
Its founder Kone Abdoulaye, a native of Cote d’Ivoire, inspired IAA’s mission of “Planting seeds of hope today, for a better tomorrow and transforming the continent of Africa from “secular recipients” to “global contributors”.
In order to ensure that the project is successful and that there is full utilization of its resources, IAA will perform monthly audits. These audits will be comprised of an assessment of short-term and long-term goals, expenditure usage, mitigated risk, production position, inventory assessments, and usage/waste/loss report and resource utilization.
By using Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to perform evaluations on the soil, water, livestock and participants; IAA will have the necessary information needed to make strategic decisions on how to get the most out the resources provided to us.
The best-known method of determining the success of IAA’s efforts is by identifying the impact that our efforts make with those we are seeking to help. In some cases we may be able to measure the success of our efforts by the correspondence from neighboring landowners to participate with IAA.
IAA will provide up to date records on its website so that contributors can see how their resources and funds are being utilized, thus promoting a transparent environment with accurate accountability. We will submit a project report upon the completion of the 2011/12 fiscal year, and we will provide an audited financial statement of the income and expenditure related to the grant by an independent certified public accountant as documentation that the grant money is spent on the purposes for which it was provided.
As many as possible.
$500,000
In year, the project will achieve its initial goal with 100 farmers. Additional equipment will be added to expand the program to an additional 100 farmers, creating 400 additional employment positions.
No
Most of leaders in African countries are also involved in rice importation from foreign countires. It is a very lucrative investment. It production localy to cut into such investment can become an issue.
Local fundraising events and foundations for just the initial funding.
Up to 50% of the total production from each farmer will be jointly managed with IAA to be sold in local markets, neighboring regions making food available and affordable. Some of the proceeds will be used to maintain existing equipment and acquire additional equipment in an effort to expand the program to other farmers in neighboring communities, regions and countries.
The program will continue to create jobs, empower farmers as it expands, enable citizens to achieve food sufficiency, improve their living conditions, develop schools, basic care facilities and reduce vulnerability to malaria and other diseases related to living conditions.
IAA only needs the initial funding.
A prolong drought ( lack of rain) can result in a loss. However, the scenario is unlikely. The chosen local is located next to a larger river, which will serve as an irrguation resource.
Full financial resources will lead to faster success. The greater, the resources, the quicker we will expand. Sub-Saharan African countries import more than 50% of their food from foreign countries often not affordable.
Absolutely not.
IAA's proposed project aims to scale up geagraphically as well as into multi-sector. The livestock development lunched in 2007 continue to serve local citizen as adequate source of protein. However our ability to make further investment in that area will depend on our success in basic food production.