Business Plan: Commercial Production of Sunflower
BUSINESS PLAN
PROGRESSIVE FARMERS’ GROUP
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF SUNFLOWER
MAY, 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS II LIST OF TABLES IV LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS V EXECUTIVE SUMMARY VI INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Name of the project 1 1.2 legality of the group 1 1.3 Objectives of the project 1 2.0 ECONOMIC ASPECTS 2 2.1 Sunflower cultivation in Tanzania 2 2.2 Contribution of the business enterprise to development objectives 2 2.2.1 Contribution to export earnings. 3 2.2.2 Employment creation 3 2.2.3 Assist in technology transfer 3 2.2.4 Improvement of nutrition 4 3.0 TECHNICAL ASPECTS 4 3.1 Project location 4 3.2 Modalities of production 4 3.3 Requisite land, civil works, equipment, implement and farm machinery 5 3.3.1 Land 5 3.3.2 Civil works 5 3.3.3 Farm equipment, implements and machinery 6 3.4 Description of the technologies to be used in the production 7 3.4.1 Land preparation 7 3.4.2 Sowing 7 3.4.3 Weeding 7 3.4.4 Fertilizer application 7 3.4.5 Harvesting 8 3.4.6 Post harvesting handling. 8 3.4.7 Processing 8 3.4.8 Expected performances from each unit of production 8 4.0 FINANCIAL PLAN AND PROJECTIONS 9 4.1 Investment costs 10 4.2 Operating costs 11 4.3 Financial requirements of the business enterprise 14 4.3.1 Investment costs 14 4.3.2 Loan requirement 14 4.4 Projected revenues 16 4.5 Income and Cash flow statements 19 4.6 Conclusions 19 5.0 MANAGEMENT 20 5.1 THE PFG ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE 21 6.0 HUMAN RESOURCE WELFARE 22 6.1. Gender consideration. 22 6.2 HIV/AIDS action plan 22 7.0 MARKETING 22 8.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS. 24 9.0 CONCLUSION 25
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Farm tools / equipment needed for the project 6
Table 2: Projected performance for Sunflower in 10 years 9
Table 3: Farm capital investment costs 10
Table 4: Projected Cash and Non-cash operating expenses 13
Table 5: Loan and Repayment schedule 15
Table 6: Projected revenues from the
PROGRESSIVE FARMERS’ GROUP
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF SUNFLOWER
MAY, 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS II LIST OF TABLES IV LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS V EXECUTIVE SUMMARY VI INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Name of the project 1 1.2 legality of the group 1 1.3 Objectives of the project 1 2.0 ECONOMIC ASPECTS 2 2.1 Sunflower cultivation in Tanzania 2 2.2 Contribution of the business enterprise to development objectives 2 2.2.1 Contribution to export earnings. 3 2.2.2 Employment creation 3 2.2.3 Assist in technology transfer 3 2.2.4 Improvement of nutrition 4 3.0 TECHNICAL ASPECTS 4 3.1 Project location 4 3.2 Modalities of production 4 3.3 Requisite land, civil works, equipment, implement and farm machinery 5 3.3.1 Land 5 3.3.2 Civil works 5 3.3.3 Farm equipment, implements and machinery 6 3.4 Description of the technologies to be used in the production 7 3.4.1 Land preparation 7 3.4.2 Sowing 7 3.4.3 Weeding 7 3.4.4 Fertilizer application 7 3.4.5 Harvesting 8 3.4.6 Post harvesting handling. 8 3.4.7 Processing 8 3.4.8 Expected performances from each unit of production 8 4.0 FINANCIAL PLAN AND PROJECTIONS 9 4.1 Investment costs 10 4.2 Operating costs 11 4.3 Financial requirements of the business enterprise 14 4.3.1 Investment costs 14 4.3.2 Loan requirement 14 4.4 Projected revenues 16 4.5 Income and Cash flow statements 19 4.6 Conclusions 19 5.0 MANAGEMENT 20 5.1 THE PFG ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE 21 6.0 HUMAN RESOURCE WELFARE 22 6.1. Gender consideration. 22 6.2 HIV/AIDS action plan 22 7.0 MARKETING 22 8.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS. 24 9.0 CONCLUSION 25
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Farm tools / equipment needed for the project 6
Table 2: Projected performance for Sunflower in 10 years 9
Table 3: Farm capital investment costs 10
Table 4: Projected Cash and Non-cash operating expenses 13
Table 5: Loan and Repayment schedule 15
Table 6: Projected revenues from the