High Class World Export Quality Rice: Market change and create sustainable organic way agriculture
Kha Yan, MyanmarKha Yan, Myanmar
Year Founded:
Project Stage:
2011
Organization type:
nonprofit/ngo/citizen sector
Start-Up
Budget:
$10,000 - $50,000
Example: Walk us through a specific example(s) of how this solution makes a difference; include its primary activities.
Now days farmer’s families in the selected area, such as the family of Than Swe……work with low quality seeds and earn very little from their hard work, have no knowledge on how to fight against diseases. Than Swe was obliged to indebt himself to pay for seeds and work instruments, because the quality of rice his family produces is too poor to be sold at a good price both inside the country and internationally. With good quality seeds Than Swe family can improve its paddy and earn more to feed the family. The organic fertilizers will improve soil quality and enable to protect soil and improve quality of production and enable Than Swe and other farmers to overcome the debt issue. This will be the weal of positive sustainable and inclusive cha
Impact: What is the impact of the work to date? Also describe the projected future impact for the coming years.
• 200 farmers and landless workers families, that is around 1200 persons will directly benefit from the project. In 18 months the selected agricultural area will be transformed in an organic productive area. The local Agriculture and Farmers Federation members 3500 will benefit from the results, and will use the training materials and the gained experience on the ground.
• Before project start rice seeds production was 1.363kg/acres and after the project the output will reach 54.480 kg of High Quality Seed to be re used and sold.
• Farmers will be able to repay their debt and be free from such indebtedness.
• Strategically develop the Sustainable Agriculture Organic Market Chain.
• New good quality rice will be sold in the Eu and Japan.
• Village level organic Seed Storage facilities will sustain the organic farming system.
Spread Strategies: Moving forward, what are the main strategies for scaling impact?
Farmers increase income form Organic Market system.
Attaining the Bio-Diversity as Environmental impact through the Organic Agriculture
Organic Agriculture Techniques will habitual to the Farmers.
Financial Sustainability Plan: What is this solution’s plan to ensure financial sustainability?
Project Manager €4,800.00
Project Coordinator €4,800.00
Agronomist €3,600.00
Transportation €3,600.00
Communication €480.00
Training Material €300.00
M&E €2,400.00
Seed €390.00
Seed Storage Facilities €1,560.00
Fertilizer €455.00
Pest Control €1,500.00
Farm Renting €50.00
Farming Management Cost €130.00
Soil Taster €60.00
Spry equipment €60.00
Land Tilling €520
Ploting €65
Harvesting €195
TOTAL €4985
Marketplace: Who else is addressing the problem outlined here? How does the proposed project differ from these approaches?
The request for good quality rice is increasing particularly in Europe and Japan. Consumers are very carefully looking at the food quality as well as its social content. The project will be developed by social and environmental responsible persons, able to respect the international human, labor and environmental standards, thus giving a warranty in this regard, because participants will be part of the local farmer’s trade union. More over under the qualitative side, organic materials and internationally accepted quality control equipment all along the production chain will be respected.
Founding Story
According to the Myanmar Agriculture sector, farmers have very low income because of the 3 reasons. (1) Product (2)Place and (3)Method.
(1)For the Product, farmers still produce the rice verities which does not success in the world agriculture market.
(2) About Place also known as market, 3 steps of middle transaction have to pass through the customers.
(3) Nowadays, Myanmar farmers difficult to effort agriculture mechanization. And apply plentiful of chemical fertilizer to their yield.
Therefore, our idea is to eliminate all 3main problems. For Product, we select the world market good price varieties. Place(market) we will use the direct marketing system. About Method, we will have to apply the organic agriculture method.
Team
Two young entrepreneurs expert in rice production will set up the young company. Members of the township AFFM will be the local partners and a group of Agronomists will be part of the expert group that will develop the training.
The young entrepreneurs had the experience of the emergency relief during the Nargis Cyclone, a dramatic flood that killed thousands of rice farmers and destroyed thousands of hectares of paddy.
Organization Name
How long has your organization been operating?
Organization Country
, YG, Kha Yan
Country where this project is creating social impact
, YG, Kha Yan
What awards or honors has the project received?
Funding: How is your project financial supported?
Other.
Sector
Audience: Who have you identified as your customer/recipient groups and do these groups value your solution for different reasons? How do you engage different customer/recipient groups to deliver your solution?
After the seed production, our beneficiaries will sell to the Farmers Cooperative member who willing to grow the world market standard rice verity of rice.
Scaling the solution: How would the prize money and publicity help you to achieve your objectives over the next two years?
As our project objective, project are will have Organic Producer Agriculture Cooperative for their sustainable Agri- Business Society.
Experience: Please provide examples of any previous entrepreneurial initiatives you have pioneered
Two young entrepreneurs expert in rice production will set up the young company. Members of the township AFFM will be the local partners and a group of Agronomists will be part of the expert group that will develop the training.The young entrepreneurs had the experience of the emergency relief during the Nargis Cyclone, a dramatic flood that killed thousands of rice farmers and destroyed thousands of hectares of paddy.
Are you are eligible to attend the Accelerator event in Cambridge and subsequent events in London, UK in January, 2015?
yes
Will you require a visa to enter the UK?
yes
Are you are a current Unilever employee?