Agricultural franchising : leveraging on franchising to build your business.

 Franchising, this model grants an individual rights to sell their goods or services under a registered brand identity. This model allows an entrepreneur jump on the success train by starting a business  with a successful brand,thus cutting the rigors of starting a new business, a new brand. 

 Franchising is leveraging on an already established brand to start a business and its a win-win model. The franchisor uses this model as a growth strategy to expand brand while the franchisee is joining a successful brand, riding on the brand's network.

 Agricultural franchising, leveraging on this model to grow your brand by establishing global networks.Agricultural franchising will create better opportunities for empowerment while creating brand awareness in every nook and crannies .Agricultural franchising using the lean startup model will create greater coverage within a short time.

 Agricultural franchising  is a viable model in value chain creation and expansion. It allows various individuals to find a niche in the value chain, locate a  successful key player in the niche and start a franchise.

         

 Dr. Henrietta Ojuri, value chain strategist.

Agricultural franchising in the context of the red meat value chain. Interested in the red meat value chain,but dont  have  money to own an abattoir or livestock hubs? Look at how you can key in, using the franchising model.

 There are registered meat shops with branded products, from traceable abattoirs. An investor interested in the  red meat value chain can hook up with these brands and start a franchise in another part of town. The advantages of starting a franchise in the meat mart niche is as follows: 

1) low  startup cost . 2) building business on an established brand identity 3) potential for expansion of business. 

  To be continued.

Nutrition: Schools as a system to improve nutrition.

 Education they say is the game changer, schools are usually not defined as a closed space but as a  platform to weave different ideas while impacting knowledge.

   Schools can be physical or virtual but the concept is the  same, impact knowledge : show your students how its done. When you want to disseminate information,introduce a new concept or rejig the mindset of a community, take the campaign to schools.

   When you want to improve nutrition, change to  healthier diets then schools are the platforms you need. This will definitely create a ripple effect as kids will give feedback to parents when they get back home. 

 We are all familiar with the phrase " our aunty ( assistant teachers) said" or" my teacher said" then you know you are about to be schooled.

  Schools create the necessary interactive platform to reach the target audience to improve nutrition. How do we start? Education about different classes of foods using play cards. Engaging students on different classes of foods, functions in body and the common sources of these classes of foods.

   The use of story boards,games especially crosswords  will send the message home perfectly. The use of game boards as well as animated works showcasing under -consumption, over -consumption and non-consumption of the different classes of foods. The session can be rounded off by introduction of different nutritious meals that are balanced and available in the locality.

  The school feeding programme is a  great platform  to provide one nutritious meal a day, but can also be used as an educative platform to teach about nutritious meals using different classes of food. Do you want kids to love veggies? then incorporate delicious meals using veggies in the feeding programme.

 An egg a day keeps the  doctor away, eggs are super foods. The use of eggs in the school feeding programme is a  nutritious advantage, but using powdered eggs in the school programme is a  way of introducing this  to communities and also empower small holder farmers.

 

Agribusiness: building sustainable food systems using aquaponics.

  Aquaponics and  sustainable food systems.

Aquaponics is a method of farming and raising fish in the same spot, harnessing this opportunity will ensure a sustainable food system leading to food security. Reforms of the food systems requires innovative models to achieve goal of zero hunger.

Aquaponics farming involves raising fish and growing plants in the same space. This system if properly incorporated will ensure food security. The system maximize space and conserve water through recycling which reduces use of inorganic fertilizer thus saving money. 

Aquaponics system creates wealth by promoting fish farming and growing plants in same cubicle,thus creating job opportunities and food security. The system is a symbiotic one as the fish provides organic manure through the waste they pass out in the vats and the plants purifies water by removing the nutrients increasing oxygen concentration. 

The plants provide enough oxygen for the fish to thrive and the waste of fish gives nutrients to plants to grow and produce more oxygen,this unending cycle is the basis of the success of the aquaponics system. 

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Agribusiness : innovations in food systems reform to ensure food security.

 Food security the availability of food and the capacity to access the quality and quantity needed for well being. The components of food security are availability, accessibility, utilization  and stability. These components must be factored into food systems if food security is to be achieved.

 Food systems must ensure availability  of all classes of food to promote well being. This will be achieved by innovative methods of food production. Farming in urban and rural areas to achieve maximum food production.     The use of  newer farming protocols such as hydroponics,aeroponics, greenhouse technology to ensure food is available all year round.

 The food systems must create a platform for accessibility: that is from farm to market the products are within reach and affordable. This is where commodity boards, farmers' markets and price policy comes to play. A regulatory body on pricing creating a bench mark and also a safety net for consumers play a vital role..

     

 Food systems must encourage proper utilization of various food stuff, this is where education on food types  and  benefits come into play. The  knowledge of nutritional advantages of various food types are of paramount importance if the goal is to build healthier food systems.

 Food systems must be enshrined on stable platforms, resilient to shocks and unplanned events. This is where the silo techniques comes to play. Increased production of food, these are stored in silos or food banks. These can be further processed depending on the produce (value addition) to ensure longer shelf life. This silo-food-bank method will ensure all year supply of food.

 The success of the food systems is dependent on effective and efficient  logistics to ensure distribution to designated points. These  distribution will also use the delivery on order approach as regarding online shopping.

 The major point in the food system reform is to leverage the use of technology from farm to market and delivery to consumers.

COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A LEARNING CURVE FOR FOOD SYSTEMS REFORM.

 Covid -19 pandemic disrupted the world system, the world was on lock-down leaving many people unable to meet nutritional needs, many more lost jobs and so many just barely survived on goodwill. The food supply chain was totally disrupted giving a glimpse into the needed reform in the food systems.

   The lock-down due to the Covid19 pandemic increased global food insecurity showing weak links in the current food systems resulting in various think -tanks on how to strengthen food systems by reforming the current strategy.

 The rapid response of government to cushion effect of pandemic by way of giving out palliatives to the vulnerable in the society as well as private companies supporting the government by way of cash donations and food items and logistic companies providing support during the lock down period has given insight into the pattern of food system reforms.

  The Covid 19 pandemic opened up opportunities to create more efficient food systems. The world food system changed immediately to digital approach leveraging technology. The food system changed to virtual markets and purchasing of variety of products that are easy to handle with longer shelf life.

 The reforms triggered  by the Covid 19 pandemic aligns with attributes of a functional food system which are: 1)Efficiency 2)Inclusion of small holder farmers , major players. 3)Vulnerable are targets 4)  Establishment of food banks 5) Functional distribution network.

  The revamping of the food systems arising from the Covid19 pandemic  shows reforms in the food system can be immediate while long term initiatives can be proffer solutions to  prevent future shock.

 Food system reforms..changing the narrative about food production,food processing and packaging distribution and marketing.

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Agribusiness: Future Of Food Systems.

  The future of food systems. What does the future hold as regard food, food safety, food systems and food production? How will the narrative change in food systems as regards feeding the projected population increase of 9.8 billion by 2050? how will the food system absorb shock or unforeseen circumstances? how resilient is our food system currently and how are we structuring a more resilience food system?

  Food systems and our way of life. Food is essential for life, a common denominator that cuts across all levels of the society. Food is fuel and it nourishes us, though quality and quantity available is another story.  Some people have limited access to food while others have unlimited access resulting in diverse food related diseases.

 How can we build our food system to withstand  threat of climate change ,environmental degradation as well as curbing food loss or food waste.?     The answer is simple, EDUCATION. The need to educate small holder farmers on the need to adopt climate smart agricultural practices. The  training on how to increase yield by using good seeds coupled with proper planting procedures.

  Introduction  and promotion of value chain concept to farmers, teaching them how to use simple methods to add value to their products thus extending shelf live and curbing waste. A resilience food system will encompass good agricultural practices, proper food handling ,food safety and food preservation.

 The future of food systems is not the purview of farmers alone, government policies favoring agribusiness is another angle and the use of technology to scale up production and distribution is key.

  How to create a resilience food system? create a hub of producers leveraging technology to increase food production and also a marketing hub backed by a sustainable distribution network. The creation of innovative food system models to ensure food supply from farm to fork is safe,traceable ,accessible and available for utilization.

 

OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTMENT IN THE RED MEAT VALUE CHAIN.

  The red meat value chain is vast but windows of opportunities can be harnessed easily using the V.A.I.M strategy.

  

 

The chart is clear, opportunities abound: abattoir, meat shops e.t.c. What is your niche. There is an export potential for meat and meat products in the red meat value chain,but its not limited . The horns, hooves, tail hair called switch also attract forex.

 

Dr.Henrietta Ojuri, value chain strategist.

        

 How about solving the power problem? be the electricity distribution agency in your area👀, its possible. Biogas project!!!💰💰💰💰. Collect waste from abattoir/ feedlot and generate power, waste can also be processed  and sold as fertilizer.

 Road  to wealth in red meat value chain.