2 AGRIBUSINESS - 2.9 - BASIC SKILLS THAT EVERY FARMER NEEDS

 
ORGANIC FARMING COURSE AGRO-ECONOMY
2 AGRIBUSINESS - 2.9 - BASIC SKILLS THAT EVERY FARMER NEEDS

 
Agribusiness is profitable and the solution to unemployment. For you to start an agribusiness venture you must have adequate capital to jump-start your business. Having capital is one of the most important factors when starting a business for this will enable you to get things rolling, however money is not the only thing you need. If you want to be a successful farmer, you’ll to need to research all the material out there you can find on farming.
There usually basic skills that every beginner farmer needs. These are;
 
Farm Operations Skills:
This is the general farm management skills that you need to perform day to day basic duties on the farm:
 
Crop and Animal Management Skills:
These skills are important because they will enable you to grow or raise your animals e.g. How to grow, How to raise animals, Harvesting etc:
 
Interpersonal Skills:
Agricultural professionals who work in the supply chain management, interpersonal skills are incredibly important. You are routinely required to interact with farmers who produce the farm products and deliver these goods to other companies and institutions. Having strong interpersonal skills is necessary for those involved in sales, marketing, advertising or an area of expertise that relies heavily on strategic communication.
 
Value Chain Knowledge:
When you get into farming you need to be well versed with the value chain or value addition process. The value chain involves a full range of value adding activities required to bring a product or service through the different phases of production, including procurement of raw materials and other inputs. Knowing how to add value to your produce will be helpful to you on how to generate more profit.
 
Time Management:
Beginner farmers need to know how to manage their time as they practice farming. Farmers are tasked with ensuring that farm produce are properly transported, stored and delivered from producer, to wholesaler, to consumer. This is very important to ensure success of the business.
 
Technical Skills:
These are agricultural technical skills on how to use farm implements, disease management and direction on farm chemicals. If you are doing dairy farming you need to go for training to get practical and theoretical knowledge on how to take care of your herd. The same applies to crop production and another animal husbandry.
 
 
Marketing Skills:
Most agricultural produce are marketable on their own because they are among the basic human needs. However, this does not necessarily mean that marketing is not important in farming. For that matter, this assumption often leads to post-harvest loss due to lack of market. This often arises when there is a surplus of a specific commodity in your region and more marketing action are needed to sell your farm produce elsewhere.
 
Consultant to hire:
It is also mostly interesting to hire a consultant which will take 10 or 15% of your harvest and the cost of management the farm. When he has good know how, and is proofed he make double profit on the farm when it is professional managed from the beginning. So you has more time to learn and he runs the farm, and also when you need a bank loan for start, the bank will honour this, as it is a guaranty for the success and the payback of their credit.
 
Record Keeping:
Every farmer needs to have a record keeping system in place as they engage in agribusiness. This will enable them to have a systematic flow of inputs and outputs on their farms. It will also control financial issues that arise on the farm by showing the flow of money within the agribusiness enterprise i.e where the money has come from and where it was spent (Income and Expenses).
Software’s that help you to manage your farm records and keep your finances in order include Financial Management Software, Dairy Management Software, Crop Production Software.
 
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GOOD: In the first picture you see one drip line with one plant, and many SPACE ON walkways which give the sun chances to dry out the soil.
BETTER: In the second picture you see one dripline for 2 ROWS OF PLANTS, so this farmer will make double profit on his land with the same amount of investment and on the same size of land.
BEST: Would be to use SUBSURFACE DRIP SYSTEM T-TAPE 10 cm in the earth and safe 50% of water, and fertilizer, and give this direct on the roots, safe also 50 % energy costs.
 

 
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KOZI YA KILIMO HAI KILIMO-UCHUMI
2 KILIMO - 2.9 - UJUZI WA MSINGI AMBAO KILA MKULIMA ANAHITAJI.
 
Biashara ya kilimo ni faida na suluhisho la ukosefu wa ajira. Ili uweze kuanzisha biashara ya kilimo ni lazima uwe na mtaji wa kutosha ili kuanzisha biashara yako. Kuwa na mtaji ni moja ya sababu muhimu sana wakati wa kuanzisha biashara kwa hili kukuwezesha kupata mambo, hata hivyo pesa sio kitu pekee unachohitaji. Ikiwa unataka kuwa mkulima aliyefanikiwa, utahitaji kutafiti nyenzo zote ambazo unaweza kupata kwenye kilimo.
Kawaida kuna ujuzi wa kimsingi ambao kila mkulima anayeanza anahitaji. Hizi ni;
 
Ujuzi wa Uendeshaji wa shamba:
Huu ndio ujuzi wa jumla wa usimamizi wa shamba ambao unahitaji kutekeleza majukumu ya msingi ya kila siku kwenye shamba:
 
Ustadi wa Kusimamia Mazao na Wanyama:
Ujuzi huu ni muhimu kwa sababu utakuwezesha kukuza au kufuga wanyama wako k.m. Jinsi ya kukua, jinsi ya kufuga wanyama, uvunaji n.k.
 
Ujuzi wa Kuingiliana:
Wataalamu wa kilimo wanaofanya kazi katika usimamizi wa mnyororo wa ugavi, ujuzi wa watu binafsi ni muhimu sana. Unahitajika mara kwa mara kuingiliana na wakulima wanaozalisha bidhaa za shambani na kuwasilisha bidhaa hizi kwa makampuni na taasisi nyingine. Kuwa na ujuzi dhabiti wa kibinafsi ni muhimu kwa wale wanaohusika katika mauzo, uuzaji, utangazaji au eneo la utaalamu ambalo linategemea sana mawasiliano ya kimkakati.
 
Maarifa ya Mnyororo wa Thamani:
Unapoingia kwenye kilimo unahitaji kufahamu vyema mnyororo wa thamani au mchakato wa kuongeza thamani. Msururu wa thamani unahusisha shughuli mbalimbali za kuongeza thamani zinazohitajika ili kuleta bidhaa au huduma kupitia awamu mbalimbali za uzalishaji, ikiwa ni pamoja na ununuzi wa malighafi na pembejeo nyingine. Kujua jinsi ya kuongeza thamani ya mazao yako kutakusaidia jinsi ya kuzalisha faida zaidi.
 
Usimamizi wa Wakati:
Wakulima wanaoanza wanahitaji kujua jinsi ya kudhibiti wakati wao wanapofanya mazoezi ya kilimo. Wakulima wamepewa jukumu la kuhakikisha kuwa mazao ya shambani yanasafirishwa ipasavyo, kuhifadhiwa na kutolewa kutoka kwa wazalishaji, hadi kwa muuzaji wa jumla, hadi kwa watumiaji. Hii ni muhimu sana ili kuhakikisha mafanikio ya biashara.
 
Ujuzi wa Kiufundi:
Hizi ni ujuzi wa kiufundi wa kilimo kuhusu jinsi ya kutumia zana za kilimo, udhibiti wa magonjwa na mwelekeo wa kemikali za kilimo. Ikiwa unafanya ufugaji wa ng'ombe wa ng'ombe wa ng'ombe wa ng'ombe, unahitaji kwenda kwa mafunzo ili kupata maarifa ya vitendo na ya kinadharia juu ya jinsi ya kutunza mifugo yako. Hali hiyo inatumika kwa uzalishaji wa mazao na ufugaji mwingine.
 
 
Ujuzi wa Uuzaji:
Mazao mengi ya kilimo yanauzwa yenyewe kwa sababu ni miongoni mwa mahitaji ya kimsingi ya binadamu. Walakini, hii haimaanishi kuwa uuzaji sio muhimu katika kilimo. Kwa jambo hilo, dhana hii mara nyingi husababisha hasara baada ya kuvuna kutokana na ukosefu wa soko. Hii mara nyingi hutokea wakati kuna ziada ya bidhaa maalum katika eneo lako na hatua zaidi za masoko zinahitajika ili kuuza mazao ya shamba lako mahali pengine.
 
Mshauri wa kuajiri:
Pia inavutia zaidi kuajiri mshauri ambaye atachukua 10 au 15% ya mavuno yako na gharama ya usimamizi wa shamba. Anapokuwa na ujuzi mzuri wa kujua jinsi, na kuthibitishwa anapata faida maradufu kwenye shamba wakati linasimamiwa kitaalamu tangu mwanzo. Kwa hiyo una muda zaidi wa kujifunza na anaendesha shamba, na pia wakati unahitaji mkopo wa benki kwa ajili ya kuanza, benki itaheshimu hili, kwa kuwa ni dhamana ya mafanikio na malipo ya mikopo yao.
 
Utunzaji wa Rekodi:
Kila mkulima anatakiwa kuwa na mfumo wa kutunza kumbukumbu anapojishughulisha na kilimo biashara. Hii itawawezesha kuwa na mtiririko wa utaratibu wa pembejeo na mazao kwenye mashamba yao. Pia itadhibiti masuala ya fedha yanayotokea shambani kwa kuonyesha mtiririko wa fedha ndani ya biashara ya kilimo yaani fedha zimetoka wapi na zimetumika wapi (Mapato na Gharama).
Programu zinazokusaidia kudhibiti rekodi za shamba lako na kuweka fedha zako kwa mpangilio ni pamoja na Programu ya Usimamizi wa Fedha, Programu ya Kusimamia
Maziwa, Programu ya Uzalishaji wa Mazao.
 
TIPS kwenye picha.
WEMA: Katika picha ya kwanza unaona mstari mmoja wa matone yenye mmea mmoja, na NAFASI nyingi kwenye njia za kupita zinazotoa nafasi ya jua kukauka udongo.
BORA: Katika picha ya pili unaona dripline moja ya MFUMO 2 WA MIMEA, hivyo mkulima huyu atapata faida maradufu kwenye shamba lake kwa kiasi sawa cha uwekezaji na kwa ukubwa sawa wa ardhi.
BORA: Ingekuwa kutumia SUBSURFACE DRIP SYSTEM T-TAPE 10 cm katika ardhi na salama 50% ya maji, na mbolea, na kutoa hii moja kwa moja kwenye mizizi, salama pia 50% gharama za nishati.