How to start a profitable Urban Agriculture Project in Rwanda??
Lambert, a graduate student with tones of passion for starting an Urban Agriculture Business in Rwanda, is sharing his ideas.
The question is: How to expand his idea from growing flowers to growing local organic food and providing?employment opportunities for the local people?
Needed: ideas for good business model for Urban Agriculture.
Lambert?s story?
I recently graduated from the National University of Rwanda, and I was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture, having majored in Agribusiness & Agricultural?Economics. As a result, my project named Urban Flowers Business, I believe, will provide me with an invaluable opportunity to expand my existing knowledge, and to gain further skills within the more diverse areas of developing agribusiness in general and urban agriculture specifically.
Rwanda is amongst the least developed countries, whose natural conditions put strict limitations on its capacity to support its households, and on its economic growth. In fact, agriculture is of fundamental importance to Rwandans because Rwanda?s economy permits no more than subsistence, and, even now, its citizens lack the means to satisfy their fundamental needs. For example, food, security, housing, medical insurance, and education, and land for agricultural productivity.
A dose of passion for Urban Agriculture?
My Urban agriculture project is crucial to the fiscal success of a country like Rwanda where ninety per cent of its population occupy rural settings, and, amongst which, eighty per cent depend upon agricultural subsistence.
Urban Flowers Business will create income-generating activities and expedite the move from agricultural subsistence to an economically viable market. Indeed doing this urban agribusiness will further my knowledge on the techniques and processes that could increase Rwanda?s methods of production; not only for feeding its population, but also to increase product exportation, which would enable business development amongst its peoples, and with neighboring?countries, regional countries and so forth.
Funding: the big challenge?
Since a low monetary income, or a lack of money, is the major indicator of poverty, it is clear that an increase in monetary income could initiate the process of economic transformation from traditional and subsistent agriculture to a modern and market oriented one. Additionally, being a member of Groaction Network of Changemakers will provide me with the opportunity to meet a diverse mix of people from a variety of countries, and converse with them on matters of business development.
These discussions could increase my understanding of alternative, lucrative, and/or unsuccessful, business development methods, how the business laws and policies, in other countries, are produced and implemented, and the means by which people who are interested in a career in business are encouraged and integrated into the new sector.
Finally, my Urban Flowers Business will assist me in analyzing and comparing the?agribusiness development of Rwanda with similar developments in other countries. And, because I will be in connection with other social businessmen, there should be plenty of opportunities for me to further discover, how others changemakers initially achieved business growth both nationally and globally.
My biggest success was to get my Bachelor?s degree with good grades after eighteen years of fulltime studies; what makes me laugh every day it?s when I have achieved my goals. The Urban Agriculture project is an upcoming goal of mine? I am looking forward to making it happen!
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How to make local sustainable agriculture business work, make money and provide?employment?opportunities for the local people?
Lambert is going to share his Local Urban Agriculture diary updates.
Any ideas for a creative business model around a Urban agriculture farm in Rwanda? 3,2,1? share now.
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Tags: Lambert Nsengimana, local, startup, sustainability, urban agricultureSource: http://groaction.com/discover/3995/meet-lambert-an-urban-agriculture-change-maker-from-rwanda/
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