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PfI’s FarmTreeTool records Plot Development« Everybody Can Grow Trees and Earn »
Frank van Schoubroeck Ph.D.; f.van.schoubroeck@partnersforinnovation.com
15 December, 2014
PfI works on Agroforestry: “Everybody Can Grow Trees and Earn”
>EVERYBODY => Smallholders, Men, Women, Youth, Pastoralists, Urban people, Companies
>CAN GROW TREES => each group, has opportunities to care for trees
>AND EARN => People as an individual should benefit from growing trees
Everybody can grow trees and earn
• ALL work for home consumption + markets• As a general rule: More People, More Trees
Women prefer Agroforestry-Horticulture Gardens
Men, Youth prefer wood lots, live fences
Pastoralists prefer systems with-animals
For example: Mali – Farmers manage Agroforestry Gardens. BUT have weak market linkages, and no credit options; so gardens are static
Some farmers manage to develop their Agroforestry gardens into vibrant enterprises
Subsistence Make money More money
Business Planning will allow farmers to invest in productive sustainable Agroforestry Gardens
>Existing loan schemes are short-term>With guarantees Credit Institutions might develop longer-term
schemes>Islamic Loans allow for longer term joint investor-entrepreneur
linkages
The Business Model Canvas helps to design Agroforestry-based Enterprises
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*The Business Model Canvas organises QUALITATIVE and QUANTITATIVE aspects
The FarmTreeTool documents QUANTITATIVE aspects
Feasibility Studies document QUALITATIVE aspects
The FarmTreeTool is an Agroforestry Business Planning procedure
>Through five steps, the tool underpins mixed economic-subsistence Enterprise Development Plans
Data Input
Data Base
Planning Options
Calcula-tions
Out-put
FarmTreeTool specifications
>Requirements:• Must work online AND offline• Must run on every computer• Must be an improvement over Excel-sheet
>Our tool can do this and more!
Vision Regional Data Set Farm Plans PfI Services Cases About
Welcome
The FarmTreeTool helps Men, Women, Young Entrepreneurs to assess the balance of investments and benefits from Agroforestry-Based Enterprises
After creating a Regional Data Set, you can develop Farm Plans that allow smallholder farmers to develop a “best mix” of trees, crops and animals and apply for loans for investments
The FarmTreeTool – Home PageEverybody Can Grow Trees and Earn
*The FarmTreeTool works with a two-step data entry that lead to a Business Plan
Data Input
Data Base
Planning Options
Calcula-tions
Out-put
• Then: design a Farm Enterprise by selecting Production Options
• First: enter Agroforestry Systems data – Investments (planting, harvesting) and Benefits (consumption, sale)
• Last: generate a Business Plan for individuals with an Agroforestry-Based Enterprise
• Next: describe an existing Farm by selecting Existing Production
The FarmTreeTool Regional Data Set consists of agronomic, social and market data
>Step 1: Agronomists collect data at Regional Level
Out-put
Calcula-tions
Farm ID & Planning Options
Regional Data Set
Data Input
• Trees, crops, animals – Initial, Recurrent Investments in techniques, labour, monetised; Production in volume, monetised
• Labour: men, women, specialist – time, monetised• Technology & Processing – Monetised• Prices of Products
Vision Regional Data Set
Farm ID and Plans PfI Services Cases About
Create Regional Data Set Create Economic Regime
Trees
Crops
Animals
Labour
Technology
Processing
Market Prices
*The FarmTreeToolEverybody Can Grow Trees and Earn
The FarmTreeTool has a DATABASE specific per Agro-Ecological Region
>Data Base for storage and retrieval of data – based on an on-line system
Out-put
Calcula-tions
Farm ID & Planning Options
Regional Data Set
Data Input
Storage & Retrieval data
The Regional Data Set allows entrepreneurs to CHOOSE production options
>Entrepreneurs indicate their EXISTING enterprise and and outline a DESIRED way to expand production
Out-put
Calcula-tions
Farm ID & Planning Options
Regional Data Set
Data Input
Entrepreneurs select production options• Choice of trees/crops/animals /
processing activities / labour services / Technology to boost production
Farmers indicate their Identity• Plot location, size; Family composition,
men, women, youth labour available• Present trees/crops/animals /
processing activities / labour / Technology
Vision Regional Data Sets
Enterprise Plans PfI Services Cases About
Create Family Enterprise PlanSelect Farm Profile Enterprise Plan
Create Family Profile
Print … Plot Plot
Trees Trees
Crops Crops
Animals Animals
Technology Technology
Processing Processing
*The FarmTreeToolEverybody Can Grow Trees and Earn
Entrepreneur Options allow the FarmTreeTool to calculate in-kind and monetised time series
>The FarmTreeTool aggregating protocol transforms data categories into cost/return TIME SERIES for entreprise-level balances
Data Input
Data Base
Planning Options
Calcula-tions
Out-put
Time Series Calculations consist of• Existing capital• Inital investments in labour, money• Recurrent investments month-wise for two years; year-wise for year 3-40• Yields, monetised yields, biodiversity / employment / carbon / etc.• Addition across categories Investments, Trees/Crops/Animals, Labour
The FarmTreeTool provides summarised investment & production data – for the REGION and for Enterprises
>The FarmTreeTool presents (1) general DATABASE key data; combined into (2) individual Enterprise Business Plan + socio-economic situation
Data Input
Data Base
Planning Options
Calcula-tions
Out-put
Outputs consist of• Input: Database content - Location• Input: Individual entrepreneurs’ choices on investment & production• Calculations: economic indicators per enterprise• Individual Enterprise Business Plan – in combination with qualitative information
Example Database Output: Analysis of the tree species of Mr Keita, Kita, Mali
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
-5,000
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000Bilan par arbre spec par ha: FCFA '000
Mangier (non greffé) Mangier (greffé)
Papaya Oranger
Guavier Baobab feuilles
Example: output: economic indicators
201241275
4130641334
4136541395
4142641456
4148741518
4154841579
4160941640
4167141699
4173041760
4179141821
4185241883
4191341944
4197442005
4203642064
4209542125
4215642186
4221742248
4227842309
42339
XOF -15,000.00
XOF -10,000.00
XOF -5,000.00
XOF 0.00
XOF 5,000.00
XOF 10,000.00
XOF 15,000.00
Cumulative Balance (3 years)
Month - Year
Cum
ulati
ve C
ash
Flow
(100
0 XO
F) Valley of Death
Initial investments
Set-up & Growing crops
Successful product launch
Payback Period, Operational Business
Successful Business