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Sutukoba agricultural proposal and development project |
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Sutukoba agricultural proposal and development project proposalBackground:Sutukoba is a big Mandinka village situated about 39 kilometres from the regional centre Basse in the northern part of Upper River Division in The Gambia. The population is estimated to be well over 3 000 inhabitants. 60 % of which are women. The entire community is predominantly engaged in farming of upland crops, horticulture fruit trees and rain fed rice production. The staple food is rice and coos. There is currently a rise in prices of food especially rice. JustificationA rural agricultural project for Sutukoba to be enlarged and developed in an existing 400 hectare perimeter which is suitable for rice production will immensely improve the standards of living especially harvesting at least four times a year. This will be based on rain fed rice production, and production through irrigation during the dry seasons. The proposed area for the rice project is 3 kilometres from the village and is 50 meters from the River Gambia. The land area is a flat savannah, thus its development and enlargement will be financially reasonable. Rice production, harvesting at least four times a year shall be one of the quickest solutions to securing food; generate income for the people of Sutukoba, the surrounding villages and the Upper River Division at large. Goal:To be able to cultivate rice in the 400 HA of land not only during the rainy season but also in the dry season. Improve rice production of farm families of Sutukoba so that they can be self sufficient in food and increase their incomes. Eventually to make Gambia self sufficient in rice which is the staple food of the country. WHO DOES WHAT IN THE PROJECT? 1. Aktive Fredsreiser – Travel for Peace They will be responsible for the application in Norway and the control and disbursement of funds to the Gambia. Within this organisation there is a rice committee which will be responsible and they are as follows HELGA ARNTZEN - Leader of the committee This is the level on the ground in Sutukoba. They will be responsible for the day to day running of the field MR MADI JATTA -Chairman Other village committee members without portfolio includes MS JAKA JAITEH The number of women in the committee at Sutukoba shows the importance of the role of women in the production of food in Africa and in particularly The Gambia. As a control and monitoring mechanism, the Aktive Fredsreiser Peace Foundation in the Gambia have been given the responsibility of oversee the Sutukoba rice committee. There will be need for agricultural advice regard the different stages from the cultivation to harvesting of the rice. It is the responsibility of the foundation to be identifying and bringing experts to the field when the need arises. Objectives
Historical developments in the Sutukoba Rural Agricultural dev project
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Seeds: Rice (250hax50kilosxD3) |
D 37 500 |
Land preparation (for year 1) |
D 25 000 |
Fertilizer (250bags) |
D 175 000 |
Monitoring and technical supervision |
D 20 000 |
Solar driven Boe-hole with Pumping machine |
D 1 448 440 |
Canals, floor and workmanship |
D 261 000 |
Rice treshers (5) x D 75 000 |
D 275 000 |
Security house and store |
D 25 000 |
Tractor with assessories (plough, harrow and planter) |
D 200 000 |
Hire of caterpillar (repair and maintenance of access road) |
D 75 000 |
Pipes (90 mm) for water distribution plus workmanship |
D 595 000 |
TRUCK (for transport of harvests from the rice field to the village and equipment and materials to the site) |
D 1 150 000 |
Tanks (small 2000 liters and big 150 000 liters for water storage) |
D 595 000 |
Cement, gravel sand and workmanship for the wall |
D 631 200 |
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SUB TOTAL |
D 6 613 640 |
10 % CONTINGENCY (of the totalt budget of D 6 613 640) |
D 661 364 |
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GRAND TOTAL |
D 7 275 004 |
The budget and the project as a whole have taken into account of environment. Fertilizer is going to being used but on a minimal scale. This is done to enable the soil to maintain its fertility for many years to come.
In addition fruit trees will also be grown as another remedy for the fertility of the soil. Above all the fruit trees will also supplement incomes to the farmers.
The only source of funding (D 1 804 945) so far have been Aktive Fredsreiser – Travel for Peace
WHAT HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED AS AT NOW
It is anticipated that the first harvest of the currently planted rice which looks quite promising will take place in July 2008. Of the 12HA of land the harvest is expected to be about 60tons of rice.
The area covered in this initial phase is only 12 HA which is about 3% of the land intended for the first of the project. If funding is provided to cover the rest of the budget (D 5 470 059), then there will be the possibility of planting the entire 400 HA of land which will be able to accomplish the initial plan.
There is a further strategy to increase the area coverage from 400 HA to 2000 HA in other to eventually cater for the entire Gambia.
In view of the fact that the prices food have been increasing rapidly in the last two years and have even been worst the last six months. If this trend continues then it will be necessary for the entire project covering the 2000 HA to be done in one phase instead of two phases. This will need a further funding of D25 462 514.
This will be able yield a harvest of about 10 000 tons of rice yearly which will go a very long way in solving food needs in The Gambia.
The budget for the entire country will be around D 350 000 000. And if it includes sustaining it for the next 25 years then it will be about D 625 000 000. In this way Gambia will not only be able to self sufficient in food but also export to the sub region.