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Farmer play a major role

Nopp — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:52:07 -0500

I agreed that farmers can produce any kinds of products if there are enough demands from the markets. Technology could help in some way, but ready-to-buy markets are the most needed by farmers.

fruit dryer sketches?

Tatiana — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:45:35 -0500

Hello: I am wondering, too if there is any way to buy your sketces - or to buy a dryer from you? I appreciate your time to respond! tatiana

Long Shot

Zrii Amalaki — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:49:31 -0500

"Nestlé and other food companies could make progress in the fight to reduce malnutrition" I think this is a looooong shot....

Out of poverty

Kapur Ghimire` — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:27:59 -0500

Dear Paul, I was listing to NPR and came to know about the things that you have done for farmers of Nepal. Like Krishna Bahadur Thapa. I, myself is from Nepal. My inner desire is to go back to Nepal or any third world country and teach them the basics of sanitation/ healthy living. I have inherited some land from my father and I would like to go back and turn that into a model village for the world to know that the change is not for bad. Since, you have done and you know so much about urban developments. I would be enlighten to learn a bit from you so I could share you wisdom with others to elevate their lives. Thank you and hope you could understand my feelings. Kapur Ghimire

Need Guidance for geting an import licence of pyrethrum ,india

Anoop Mishra — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:21:31 -0500

Hi All, This is Anoop Mishra associated with VISIS SOFTWARE PVT. LTD, India, and we want to import the seeds or Oil of Pyrethrum for Organic use in India. Kindly guide me to find such farmers who can arrange this type of business deal and also they will get benefited. interested can send me their contact no at my email id : anoop.kimishra@gmail.com Thanks in advance..!! Bby Kindly Visis the best websites: www.metromore.com || www.metropep.com | www.metrowings.com | www.themetropages.com | www.edumerit.com

i am interested, on a sketch

daniel singh — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:36:14 -0500

i am interested, on a sketch and equipment of the dryer

Order details for peanut shelling machine

Darliington & Robson Matambanadzo — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:08:05 -0500

My Brother and I run a small business producing peanut butter in Blantyre Malawi, and we would like to find out how we could order one peanut shelling machine. any other help or advice that might make running our business easier would be greatly appreciated. Darlington

Help

Vianney — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:01:57 -0500

This Vianney in Uganda Africa, I am to design a gas operated fruit dryer. Please lets share ideas. Get me on trustvianney@gmail.com

No out of poverty

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:50:48 -0500

I read your review of "Out of Poverty" and am afraid that we are mistaken in believing that the good things we can do to help smallholders improve their lot really does amount to an escape from poverty. Unfortunately, it usually does not. The improvement of the conditions of the very poorest people by means of intensifying agriculture on very small holdings (in this case, usually a couple of acres) by means, for example, of better crops, treadle pumps, and drips sytems, does not, and cannot ever, bring the expanding population of people depending on these tiny holdings "out of poverty". Do the calculations: at the end of the day, the 9 remaining members of the family Polak cites as his key example are earning exactly $1.06 dollars a day. Although their lives have improved, they are still living in extreme poverty, dollar-a-day poor, and, after having more kids on that land, will be even poorer. The only one who actually got out of poverty was the man who left the land to work in the Middle East and was sending money back to his folks in Nepal. Intensification of production on smallholdings can only get people out of poverty if it quickly leads them (if possible, all of them) to actually leave the land and get work that will provide a decent living. This is the real dilemma that so many of us working with very small farmers must face. We can help in the near term to improve their condition some (albeit they will still be horribly poor), but with the next generation of children, and more subdivision of the land, their poverty will only increase. The fear I have is that this is really "forever poor" not "out of poverty, quickly, and permanently." Again, do the numbers. I am afraid the book needs another title.

apply some information

mandana ghaedi — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:10:19 -0500

Please give me some help in form of sketches of your dryer. I am working on the same project. Are they free or how much do you take for the sketches?

Means and Ends

Abigail — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:56:43 -0500

I think the answer to the question, "Does a farmer need a pump or does he/she need a loan?" is not a trade-off question, but highlights the potential for combining different market-based mechanisms to raise accessibility and demand. It's possible that, given the availability of the right financial tools and customer education, a farmer may wish to take a loan to buy a pump. If this happens, it's evidence that the farmer, who knows exactly what his/her combination of risk and need is, sees the pump as a valuable tool to increase income over the long term. Microloans are, of course, only a means - new designs for the BoP can be both means and ends, but in themselves they are nothing if they cannot reach their target market.

Inquiry about jobs in Amul Dairy

Dr.Shanti Prakash Srivastava — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:56:29 -0500

Respected Sir, Let me introduce myself,I am Dr.Shanti Prakash Srivastava.I have Ph.D degree in Animal Husbandary and Dairy. I have worked as a Senior Research Fellow in projets on Goats and Poultry for six years. I want to find jobs in Amul Dairy. Withregards, Waiting for favourable reply from you. Sincerely yours Dr.Shanti Prakash

CONTRACT FARMING

UDAYKUMAR KOLLIMATH — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:36:02 -0500

I found the profile of Suminter India Organics and glad to know that they are getting into a business which is grossly unorganized. There is need of entreprenuers who understand the global market and position the products for consumption of different class of customers. In this regard there efforts to promote organics is commendable and they deserve proper encouragement by the government. I am a Marketing specialist working for a world bank assisted project in the State of Karnataka (JSYS) in India. And would be willing to extend helping hand by miobilizing the farmers for any of there ventures. I can be contacted on 9448993167 or email: agribusiness.uday@gmail.com

micro loan or moneymaker pump

Dr. Paul Rigterink — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:34:09 -0500

Can African farmers make more money with a micro loan or a MoneyMaker pump? Do they need agricultural supplies or the money to buy them from existing sources?

Rising food prices

Einar Kjelland-Fosterud — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:27:16 -0500

Don't forget the population explosion! A major cause of increasing food prices must be increasing population. We used to hope that increasing standard of life lead to slower population growth, but this seems not to be true in India and in Muslim countries.