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L I N K I N G A G R I C U LT U R A L T E C H N O L O G I E S E F F E C T I V E LY
ExxonMobil Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative 2010
IN THE DEVELOPING WORLDMany countries’ domestic agricultural policies towards liberalization of international trade favors increased export driven agricultural strategies which have left out women who are mainly in the subsistence sector.
IN GHANABetween 60 and 90 percent of total food production is undertaken by women on unpaid family lands with no technological support.
Over 9 million female farmers out of the 14 million farmers in the country have been using obsolete and labor intensive methods for agricultural production with resultant low yields.
Combining their responsibility to earn an income through agricultural exports/agribusiness and food production requires the usage of technology to help reduce drudgery/time wastage with resultant economic gains.
Gender, Technology & Agribusiness
PALMS… the appropriate and affordable solution required…
ExxonMobil Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative 2010
The work done is increased and women’s time poverty is equally reduced.
Increased incomes for farmers
Increased export drive and booming agribusiness with resultant increase in national GDP and vast employment opportunities for women and the youth
Proper farm management and use of ICT and mobile telephony in marketing and distribution to deliver orders in a timely and appropriate fashion.
Access to finance, land and machinery/equipment
Imagine Ghana with Technologically Empowered Women in Agriculture
…PALMS has begun and women will be adequately empowered to perform…
ExxonMobil Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative 2010
To empower women experiencing poverty in Ghana, in order to realize their full economic potential by embracing and owning technological advances in agriculture and by participating in local governance and administration of social and support services.
Mission Statement
A future where Ghanaian women are economically self-sufficient and empowered to support their families and their villages.
Vision Statement
ExxonMobil Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative 2010
PALMS moves on through:
Workshops/Training on various technologies
• Organic and Mechanized farming
• Drip Irrigation
• Renewable energy technologies
Adaptation and utilization of Technologies
• Production of biodiesel and solar/hot air drying equipment
• Establishment of Repair/servicing plants
• Establishment of Demonstration Centers
• Establishment of Plant pools
• Establishment of Financial Centers
The Program
Our message of hope… Women linked technologically for breakthroughs…
ExxonMobil Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative 2010
Over 100,000 vegetable farmers have used moringa leaf extract on their vegetables for the past year and their produce has been reported to be three to four times more than the normal yield which gives more income to them.
Women farmer groups and farmer based associations are getting access to machinery and loan facilities for them to improve their agricultural production.
Extensive use of disease suppressing compost and disease resistant seedlings by farmers.
Success in getting good quality biodiesel from moringa and sunflower oils.
Agricultural mechanization policy adopted by Government
Our Achievements
ExxonMobil Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative 2010
Direct Beneficiaries:
• Sub-Recipients or NGOs – 20 organizations
• Institutional Reach – 200 women groups, community and faith based organizations
• Farmers – 300,000 (250,000 are women)
• The Environment – Over 100,000 acres of moringa farms – carbon sink
Indirect Beneficiaries:
• Institutional:
+ 5 Micro enterprises
+ 15 Small and medium enterprises and many more
Beneficiaries
ExxonMobil Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative 2010
PALMS ensures that appropriate technology is available from the nursery through to the final marketing stage for the vegetable and fruit farmer for their benefit which is quite unique.
What Makes PALMS Unique
A FOUR-WAY HOLISTIC COMMODITY CHAIN APPROACH BACKED BY APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY:
Nursery• Training and
Production of disease suppressing compost and budded/grafted seedlings, organic fertilizer
Plantation• Mechanized farming
• Drip irrigation
• Plant growth hormones
• Training in use of tractors and other equipment
Production• Solar driers, small
scale processing machines powered by biodiesel
• Training in and production of biodiesel
Marketing • Web based
marketing system
• Air-conditioned vans for inputs and outputs
ExxonMobil Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative 2010
Our success indicators are:
• Our ability to be weaned from donations in the next two years and establish a hybrid company to achieve sustainable margins for our operations.
• 30-60% increase in the use of renewable energy especially biodiesel and solar by women in their agricultural endeavors in the next three years in the operational area.
• 40-50% increase in the use of mechanized machinery and equipment by women in their farms and agricultural processing in 2-3 years.
• 10-300% increase in incomes of women in 1-5 years
• Set up of ancillary industries for plant growth hormones, organic fertilizers, biofuels biogas, ethanol, animal feed, pharmaceutical raw materials, water purification, Moringa black soap, native/purified moringa oil for the cosmetic industries and skin care products in 1-10 years.
• Establishment of effective national policy on mechanized farming and all year round irrigation for increased food production and agricultural export.
Benchmarks
ExxonMobil Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative 2010
Project Management Team
…Experienced people with many years of service in various sectors…
Joseph Brenyah Project Chairman HND (Ind. Chem.), Dip – Project Mgt, Dip French, AA (Theology)
Anna Setodji Project Secretary Dip – Business Administration, Dip – Fashion and Designing
Leticia BrenyahProgram Officer/Co-ordinator Bachelor of Education IT
Francisca Serwaa AdamahHuman Resources Officer/M & E Officer BA – Secretaryship/ Administration, MA (Human Resources)
Welbeck NaniProject Accountant Level 3/Final (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ghana)
ExxonMobil Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative 2010
PALMS’s vision is:
Ghana, Africa and ultimately a world replete with women technologically biased agribusinesses.
Raising USD $2,500,000 to set up modern female controlled vegetable and fruit export processing and packaging plants and biodiesel/solar plants over the next four years.
Raising USD $10 to $100 million to plant 10 to 500 million moringa trees in Ghana and other parts of Africa to sustain the program over the next 5-20 years.
Reaching 600,000 to 20 million female farmers in Ghana and Africa with needed support over the next five years.
Assisting to set ancillary Moringa related industries, worth over USD $50 billion over the next 10-20 years.
The Way Forward
ExxonMobil Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative 2010
Establishment of Biodiesel plant of 10,000 L/day.
Co-operative Finance Institute made operational.
300,000 farmers supported in 1st year and 350,000 in second year.
220 women groups, community and faith based organizations empowered by 2nd year.
150,000 to 200,000 acres of moringa plantations set up.
4–5 Plant pools established by 2nd year
Farm Manager software developed and operational by 2nd year.
The Way Forward
ExxonMobil Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative 2010
The estimated budget for the program for the first year (Phase 2) is: $450,000.
The breakdown is as follows:
Estimated Budget for the 1st Year
Workshops and training sessions on various technologies 50,000
Staff & Volunteer Allowances 15,000
Transport 5,000
Administrative and operational expenses 10,000
Process machinery (Biodiesel) 200,000
Consultancy 5,000
Monitoring and Evaluation 45,000
Co-operative Financing scheme 120,000
Total 450,000
ExxonMobil Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative 2010
PALMS has applied to ExxonMobil to assist us over the next two years with a full grant of US $200,000 every year for two years to get started on a strong note.
ExxonMobil has extended an invitation to two of PALMS Team to attend the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative Conference to showcase PALMS.
We need your support to apply technology to help change the fortunes of women. Technology has a lot for women. Let us avail ourselves of such.
Your Support
ExxonMobil Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative 2010
Thank you
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