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Graincontainers in Africa

Containers for grains in the house can earn some money

Ueli Scheuermeier
Ueli Scheuermeier Bern, CH
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Graincontainers in Africa
Graincontainers in Africa
Graincontainers in Africa
Graincontainers in Africa
Graincontainers in Africa
Graincontainers in Africa

Funding goals

  1. Stage 1:

    5.000 CHF

    100% funded

  2. Stage 2:

    10.000 CHF

    100% funded

  3. Stage 3:

    15.000 CHF

    3% funded

  4. Stage 4:

    20.000 CHF

    0% funded

  5. Finish Stage:

    25.000 CHF

    0% funded

Farming families in Tanzania can purchase through installments small metal containers that can store their maize and beans. Sales a few months later allow them to increase their incomes by up to 50%, and in emergencies (eg. droughts) the stored maize ensures their food security.

The technology with these containers has been introduced by a Swiss funded project in Tanzania.
The foundation FARIP (www.farip.ch) supports the Tanzanian start-up company Tanzania Biashara Mapema (TBM) with loans. TBM arranges for containers to be built in the villages, then leases them to farmers, ensures quality control of the maize going into the containers and makes advance payments to farmers when they have filled the containers. After several months TBM then assists the farmers to profitably sell their maize on the market. TBM is paid for this through a commission agreed upon with farmers, usually 10% of the net income. This ensures the sustainability of the process as the commercial success of TBM is directly linked to the increased earnings of the farmers.

For each 500 CHF one container holding 900kg of maize can be installed in a farm (200 CHF), filled with maize and the farmers paid an advance (200 CHF), along with trainings for the farmers and remuneration of FARIPs organisational costs (100 CHF). FARIP forwards the collected monies as loans to TBM for it to purchase the containers and provide the advances to farmers for the stored maize. All returns FARIP collects in a revolving fund with which further loans are made to TBM for purchasing and filling further containers in the next harvest. This commercially viable procedure ensures a sustained effect and the growth of TBM. Details see www.farip.ch

To begin with we intend to increase the 20 containers already existing in Msowero village (central Tanzania) for the upcoming maize harvest of June-July 2017. A successful pilot effort had introduced the first containers, resulting in a strong demand for more. The farming families clearly say that they intend to purchase the containers within 2 years from the additional income they can make, just in order to be sure of them. A well-maintained container lasts at least 15 years.

In this phase we aim to raise 25’000 CHF, in five stages of 5’000 CHF each. After reaching each stage we will order further 10 containers and install them in houses so they are ready for filling for the upcoming harvest of June-July 2017.
Graincontainers in Africa
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Ueli Scheuermeier
Ueli Scheuermeier
Bern, CH
Managing Director FARIP

I am managing director of the foundation Fund for African Rural Innovation Promotion, FARIP (registered in Switzerland, tax-exempt in Switzerland).

Since more than 30 years I work in developing countries. African small entrepreneurs fascinate me as they often propose outstanding ideas. Yet they rarely have a chance to implement them. This is where FARIP fills a gap.

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May 16
2017

Passed the first milestone of 5'000 CHF

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May 06
2017

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May 16
2017

Passed the first milestone of 5'000 CHF

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Hi all, Within days we already passed the first milestone mark of 5’000 CHF. Thanks a lot. This allows us to already p...
Hi all, Within days we already passed the first milestone mark of 5’000 CHF. Thanks...

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Category Agriculture
Location Tanzania