Challenge Analysis

High mortality rate (from seed to seedling)

– Wrong selection of vegetal material, timing of transplanting, poor water management, undeveloped root system, no pest / insect control, no ground disease management.

Lack of Agricultural Knowledge

– No access to professional training for farmers and youths.

– No implementation of best practices

– no soil sampling, no land preparation, wrongful use of fertilizer and pesticides, poor water management, poor harvest management, wrong post

-harvest treatment, no identification and monitoring of diseases.

No access to working capital

– Inability to finance main agriculture inputs

– fertilizer and pesticide, irrigation solution, logistics and storage.

– Banks refuse loans to family farms and the alternative, micro-finance is too expensive.