Business Plan Development

Farmer-to-Farmer is a USAID-funded initiative to send American agricultural/agribusiness experts to developing countries to offer technical assistance to our host organizations. These trips are volunteer-based, but all trip-related expenses are covered by CNFA, and typically last between two and three weeks.

Assignment

Quinta Bazima is a dairy farm located near Beira, Mozambique. The owners, Sansão Bazima and Maria Bazima, manage 30 acres of land where they graze their cattle and take care of 28 dairy cows.  The owners plan to increase the production of milk and request the assistance of a Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer to create a strategic business plan for Quinta Bazima to increase production capacity through improvements in infrastructure, the acquisition of additional dairy cows and investments in new machinery such for feed processing and milk conservation.

Desired Impacts

• The establishment of a business plan to increase revenue and profit

Desired Qualifications 

• Former manager or consultant of agribusiness company
• Experience in developing business and strategic plans for livestock projects
• Practical experience in accounting, financial management and marketing
• Willingness to work for a week or more in a rural Mozambican town.
• Previous experience working with rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa is preferred but not required
• Must be citizen or permanent resident of the U.S.