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agri busisness

1. Presented By
Lindy Wafula | CEO/Lead Consultant
Village Ventures International
Village Agribusiness Project
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2. About Us
Village Ventures International is a social
enterprise aimed at empowering women,
youth and people with disabilities with skills a
and resources for enterprise development
aimed at achieving Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs)
The 17 sustainable development goals
(SDGs) to transform our world:

GOAL 1: No Poverty

GOAL 2: Zero Hunger

GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being

GOAL 4: Quality Education

GOAL 5: Gender Equality

GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

GOAL 10: Reduced Inequality

GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

GOAL 13: Climate Action

GOAL 14: Life Below Water

GOAL 15: Life on Land

GOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

GOAL 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal

3. Lindy Wafula
Coordinator, Business
Development
Our team
Gregory Juma
Village Ventures Kenya
Country Manager
CEO/ Lead Consultant

Coordinator,
Women Self Help
Groups
Nancy Kamau
Eng.
Sylvester Kadikinyi
Evelyne Chasia
Project Assistant

4. Project Lead taken by Village Ventures International
Lack of education in basic information together with lack of resources are key reasons why Women in Kenya perform poorly in
agribusiness. Supporting women farmers will improve the infrastructure and reduce trade barriers and urban migration of those in
search of employment and better standards of living. Many female farmers will be encouraged to farm, which in turn would ensure
food security in the country and reduce gender based violence where women are victims.
Lack of ownership of farm land.
Women and girls in Kenya do not have ownership to family farm land which is
owned by husbands and passed on to sons only through inheritance that is
dictated upon by patriachy
Lack of Seed Capital and access to loans
Women in Kenya though making the majority of labourers in the food production value
chain, they lack seed capital with which to buy or lease farm land, buy seed and
fertarlizer or to start up a vegetable vending business. They cannot access loans from
banks because they have no ownership of land that is an asset given as loan security
What is the problem?
Lack of Machinery: (Equipment, Tools, Apparel)
Women farmers lack the tools, equipment and apparel that would aid in food production
such as tractors used in tilling the land or trucks used to transport produce to markets

5. As a social enterprise with the needs of women in our core agenda, Village
Ventures International has the mission to empower women with skills and
resources for agribusiness development, rural employment, gender
equality and alleviation of poverty. We aim to do this by:
Providing seed capital:
We give women start up capital in the form of microloans in
support of agribusiness ideas either to buy seeds and farm
inputs for farming or business stock to sell.
Providing machinery for trade such as tractors for tilling of land,
irrigation equipment, generators for alternative energy, bicycles,
motorcycles or trucks to transport produce to markets as well as
proper apparel for trade that aid increase of production and
sales.
Providing other consultative services that allow women to have
equal representation and cooperative advantage this include
agribusiness training & technical information, bargaining power,
legal advice for contractual business, Baby care services for
mothers with children under five etc.
51%
Our Solutions

Providing safe space for work :
We give women in agribusiness possibility to lease land or
market stalls that are owned by Village Ventures
International on seasonal or year contracts.

6. Our Product and Strategy
Our Primary
Investment Has come
from out founder
Lindy Wafula, Private
individuals
and institutional
Partner Impact
Investors such as:
Currently we work
with over 50
women groups in
Nairobi, Busia
Kwale, Kilifi, Siaya
and Turkana
Registered Women
Self-Help Groups with
at least 10 members
Are our agents
managing Village
Agribusiness Project
entrepreneurs at the
village level
We are Working with
Local partners in our
previous projects to
supply relevant
machinery and
contractual agreements
to our Village
Agribusiness Project
1.Cordes Foundation
2.Perry Foundation
3.Project Africa
4.Tools for Work
5.Tools with a Mission
6.Imago Dei Fund
7.The Pollination Project
8.Global Philanthropy Alliance



The Women’s Academy
The Rabbit Project
Farmer’s Choice
Lady Mekanika Project
The Bio gas Project
Mace Foods LTD

7. Our History
Our Previous Projects Include
The Village Farm Project funded by
The Pollination Project where we
leased 10 acres of land and together
with our women farmers planted
water melons, soya beans and sweet
potatoes taht earned three times the
USD 1000 grant

The Lady mekanika Project trained 60
women as automobile mechanics
who now are skilled with expertise in
converting salvaged vehicles into
mobile market sheds or transport
vehicles for women farmers .

The Women’s Academy offers
vocational skills training to women
with use of refurbished equipment
donated by our partners in Europe
being used as training and
entrepreneurial aid machinery

8. Women Groups
Rural Women
Women investors.
75%
Our Key Metrics
25%
50%
We aim to measure our success by evaluating :
1. Number of female headed households from our membership that can earn at least USD 500 per month as basic income.
2.Number of Registered Women self help groups (At least 10 members per group) that join our Village Agribusiness Project
(VAP)
3.Number of local Women Investors who choose to partner with us in VAP
4.Acrerage Leased or Owned by VVI per year
5.Tonnage of Farm Produce per season /per year
6.Revenue earned per season/per year

9. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5
Event
Funding/Impact Investment
Recruitment Of Agents
Launch of Village Agribusiness Project
Lease of Farms and Machinery
Farming Process
New Milestone
Our Projected Milestones

10. Our Market opportunity
Nearly 63% of all economically active men are
engaged in agriculture as compared to 78% of
women who make majority of the farm labourers
and market vendors.

In agriculturally productive regions, farmers have
problems getting their produce to relatively
nearby markets, Most don't own a truck, car, or
even a bicycle. Female farmers, by custom,
mainly walk or use public transportation when
available.

As a result, brokers and hawkers with trucks,
motorcycles and bicycles commonly transport
produce to cooperatives and markets, reaping
most of the trading benefits. But the brokers
won't travel on untarmarked roads that are
washed out by rain, thus produce often get
rotten in the fields leading to huge losses.
80% of
Households
consume
locally
produced food
Contractual
Agriculture makes
40% of our market
base
The Market
Kenya’s
population
45 million

11. Competitors Analysis
Key Customer Benefits From Village
Ventures International
Our Competitors
1.Land Ownership

2.Lease of Machinery

3.Micro loans and seed capital

4.Pro bono Training and agricultural extention
Services

5.Marketing

6. Renewable Energy: biogas, solar, generator
1.Patriachal Authority that gives Husbands and sons ownership to
family land

2.Famio Services Limited, Individual, farmers’ cooperatives

3.Banks and Micro Finance Institutions

4.Private Agriculatural Extention officers offering services at a fee

5.Agricultural Cooperatives and Middle Men who buy farm produce at
lower prices for higher profits at markets

6. Environmental unfriendly and expensive alternatives
• Wood /charcoal,
• Electricity from Kenya Power and Lighting Company

12. .

Our competitive
advantages
Advantage 2.
Arable land as a share of land area of
Kenya is at least 10.2 % with
Fresh water lakes like lake Victoria in
western kenya, The Indian ocean In
Coastal Kenya strip and Lake turkana in
Northen Kenya providing resource
Mixed agriculture
Advantage 1:
Working with women is advantageous
to VVI because Women are major.
•Producers and distributors of food,
•Earners of household income
•Custodians of knowledge.

When their efforts are empowered
with access to productive resources,
technologies, services and markets,
women farmers can increase their
income, develop a stable rural
livelihood and contribute to ensuring
food security. True empowerment of
women ensures they move beyond
livelihoods to wealth creation, self
dignity, leadership and community
development
Advantage 4.
Our social enterprise model allows for all rounded
business cycle that investment gives back social
impact by:
• Promoting girl child education,
• Offer renewable energy alternatives from by
products from our farms
Impact
Investment
Advantage 3.
Kenya has a good command of
agribusiness market in the East African
Region and Internationally market in
Europe, america and Asia

13. Upon possible Impact Investment of USD 200 000
This is how we will earn revenue
We will make income through:

1.Lease Agreements on
•Farm Land
•Farm Machinery
2.Membership of VAP members & agents
3.Training offered in our farms
4.Sales of Farm produce and bi-products
5. Interest on Micro loans
6.Appreciation value of Assets especially
land





Our Revenue Channels
2025
2020

14. Land owned by VVI will earn at
least 10% appreciation interest
every five years .

Lease of a truck to transport
produce to major markets will
accrue USD 100 per day for 5-
10 tonne Truck
Market sheds measuring 2x2
metres will be rented at USD
100 per month


Seed capital given as micro loans
will earn at least 30% interest with
Members of a registered Women
Self-Help group as Security.
Individuals loan applicants will sign
contracts with land, farm produce
or farm animal or co-members as
collateral
Depending on the additional
services/ assets in a piece of land
including water for irrigation,
biogas and generator for
electricity/Renewable energy, An
entrepreneur will pay between
USD 50-USD 100
Lease fees per acre or machine
like tractor
Our Business model
Asset
Appreciation
Microloans
Interests
Sales Leases

15. Production 40%
Machinery & Equipment
25%
30% Microloans for Start-Up
12% Administration
$ 200 000
Investment

16. 20%
40%
10% 30%
Investing Budgetary Strategy Pre-Year 1
Machinery
Seed Capital
Farm Machinery and
equipment for lease
Office operations and salaries
Production
Administration
Land and market sheds are leased
As spaces for work by women
entreprenuers either as individuals or in
registered women self help groups for
agribusiness production
Micro loans given as seed capital for
farm inputs and start-up stock
USD 50 000
USD 15 000
USD 10 000
USD 20 000
USD 5 000

17. Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Investment
Assumptions 50 000 100 000 150 000 200 000 200 000
Gross Margin % 55 % 55% 55% 55% 55%
Cost of Production 27 500 55 000 82 500 110 000 137 500
Gross Profit USD 200 000 72 500 155 000 232 500 310 000 357 500
Revenue
Production Leases 20 000 50 000 200 000 200 000 200 000
Machinery Leases 10 000
Microloans Interests @ 10% 15 000 19 500 25 350 32 355 42 061.50
Annual Membership 500 1000 1 500 1 700 2 000
General Administration 5 000 19 000 25 000 50 000 50 000
Asset Appreciation 10 % 20 000
Operating Expenses
50 000 59 000 84 000 134 000 209 000
Income Expenses 5 % 1 125 4 800 7 400 8 800 17 875
Depreciation 20 % 2 000
Net profits
Projected Income Statement

18. Financial Requirements
Funding for the next 6 months (June-December 2020)
is USD 50 000 . This will be in preparation to year 1 of
Village Agribusiness Project
Village Ventures International will use this funds to
launch the Village Agribusiness Project in Kenya by:
1.Buy or Leasing at least 10 acres of farm land and
constructing important facilities such as water
tanks and Irrigation Installation Systems , etc.
2.Shipping a 20 feet container of refurbished farm
equipment donated by our partners Project Africa
from Sweden to Kenya
3.Work with our Lady Mekanika Project to Convert
Salvaged cars in Market sheds
4.Recruit Village Agribusiness Project Agents
5.Recruit Women farmers for our collaboration
6.Launch Our website and other Public Relations
Tools

Woman working as a vegetable vendor at an open air market in
Western Kenya
Bus converted into a mobile market shed for sale of vegetables

19. Social Impact Vs Exit Strategy
Village Ventures International is founded with the social entrepreneurship model at its heart aimed at empowering women youth
and people with disabilities. With the implementation of Our Village Agribusiness Project, we shall invest in the education of girls
in villages of Kenya to ensure that girls pursue their dreams, are prevented from early marriages and protected from female genital
mutilation amongst other gender based violences aimed at women and girls.
We shall:
Pay school fees for girls
Buy sanitary towels and inner garments
Provide Bicycles for girls who walk long distances to go to school
Build libraries
Establish Farm clubs in villages where VAP is run.

20. LindyWafula
Lindy Wafula | CEO
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Village Ventures International Ltd
P.O Box 17024
005100 Nairobi

P.O Box 675
50400 Busia, Kenya
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Email: [email protected]
Website: www.villageventuresinternational.org