MALAWI FARMERS INC.
LEADS FARMERS TOWARDS
ENTREPRENEURIAL INDEPENDENCE
FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
FOR
QUALITY SEEDS
AND TWO MORE WELLS
BEGINS NOW!
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These women are planting seeds.Malawi Farmers is helping them
Today, June 1, a second step begins to lead farmers towards entrepreneurial independence begins.
During a recent Malawi Farmers Inc. board meeting in May, the organization addressed the good work of having three (3) new deep water wells working efficiently to meet basic needs, the group decided that having more water wells directly connected to farm areas for irrigation is still a big need as well as providing bags of seeds for the upcoming planting season.
The group is now addressing the fundraising needs for additional water wells and helping farmers with providing seeds for sowing their crops.
The benefits increase dramatically when farmers can irrigate their land and hydrate their animals. Raising crops at a subsistence level is not enough; farmers must increase the quantity and quality of crops so they can market them. Thus the need for improved quality of seeds for maize, millet, sorghum, peas, rice, cotton to name a few crops they can plant that have a sale value.
Bags of quality seeds cost $20 each. This amount seems paltry to us, but when you add multiple seed bags of different types of crops X the area to cover the acreage available, then the cost rises significantly.
Certain crops have a better yield on certain types of land. So bringing irrigation from a few wells to land that is not close to the wells is still a problem. The three new wells have changed the labor intensiveness of traveling a distance to retrieve water but it is still a considerable inconvenience. Two additional deep water wells will help the farmers irrigate their crops.
Moving towards helping the farmers move from subsistence farming (what they grow to the table) to entrepreneurial farming (marketing their crops) is the economic goal.
DONATE TODAY see how
on our "GIFTING" Page above.
During a recent Malawi Farmers Inc. board meeting in May, the organization addressed the good work of having three (3) new deep water wells working efficiently to meet basic needs, the group decided that having more water wells directly connected to farm areas for irrigation is still a big need as well as providing bags of seeds for the upcoming planting season.
The group is now addressing the fundraising needs for additional water wells and helping farmers with providing seeds for sowing their crops.
The benefits increase dramatically when farmers can irrigate their land and hydrate their animals. Raising crops at a subsistence level is not enough; farmers must increase the quantity and quality of crops so they can market them. Thus the need for improved quality of seeds for maize, millet, sorghum, peas, rice, cotton to name a few crops they can plant that have a sale value.
Bags of quality seeds cost $20 each. This amount seems paltry to us, but when you add multiple seed bags of different types of crops X the area to cover the acreage available, then the cost rises significantly.
Certain crops have a better yield on certain types of land. So bringing irrigation from a few wells to land that is not close to the wells is still a problem. The three new wells have changed the labor intensiveness of traveling a distance to retrieve water but it is still a considerable inconvenience. Two additional deep water wells will help the farmers irrigate their crops.
Moving towards helping the farmers move from subsistence farming (what they grow to the table) to entrepreneurial farming (marketing their crops) is the economic goal.
DONATE TODAY see how
on our "GIFTING" Page above.
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BAGS OF SEED At $20 a BAG can change many lives and move Malawi farmers from subsistence farming to entrepreneurial farming (marketing and selling their yield) thus moving out of poverty.
Our First Priority - To dig deep water wells in the village that is accessible to all families for drinking, cooking, washing, hydrating animals and crops. The joy expressed in the above photo is not the joy of having a luxury, but of having a necessity that alters the whole of life.
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New Haven Register acknowledges Malawi Farmers Inc. mission.
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