PROFARMS CONSULTANTS BUSINESS PROFILE AND CAPACITY STATEMENT
Tuesday, 6. October 2009, 06:55:42
PROFARMS is an acronym derived from (PRO)fitable (FAR)ming and
(M)anagement ((S)ervices.
Our Mission;To promote Organic Agriculture as a Commercially Viable
Enterprise that is Environment Friendly.
Our Vision;To provide Competent Professional Training and Consultancy
Services in all areas of Organic Agriculture with emphasis on the
Practical Approach.
Who are we? We are a consortium of Organic Agriculture Specialists
dealing with farmers training at group and individual level
specifically on Organic Livestock Production and Organic Crop
Production. Our training is biased on imparting the practical skills
to farmers who want to convert to Organic System of production for
both livestock and crops leading to certification under East African
Organic Production Standards(EAOPS).
What are our guiding principles? In designing our training
programmes,we are guided by the by International Federation of Organic
Agriculture Movements(IFOAM) principles of Organic Agriculture as
stated here under.
>Principle of Health for the soil,plants,animals,human and planet as one and indivisible.
>Principle of Ecology in agriculture based on living ecological systems and cycles for sustainability.
>Principle of Fairness to enhance relationships that ensure fairness with regard to common environment and life opportunities.
>Principle of care that underlines precautionary and responsible manner of practising organic agriculture to protect the environment for current and future generations.
What is our Overall Objective?
OVERALL OBJECTIVE;To help Farmers convert into Organic Livestock
production from rearing to marketing and Certification of Products.
How do we evaluate the effectiveness of our training?
EVALUATION;The ideal method of evaluation is by determining the
percentage of trained farmers in a workshop who adopt Organic
Livestock production from rearing to certification and marketing of
the Organic products and successful conversion and Organic
certification of Individual Farms under our Consultancy Service.
What is our mode of delivery?
Our preferred mode of delivery is thro Farmers Training Workshops
with a group consisting of 25 participants at minimum for 3days
covering 60% theory and 40% practicals.Individual farmers or farms
that want to undergo conversion are offered personal consultation
service to ensure that they undertake all the necessary practices
required for Organic Certification.
What do we stand for?
We stand for empowerment of Urban and Rural farming communities
through adoption of sustainable farming methods that take care of
wider environment as well as raising their living standards by
production of healthy Chemical FREE food for their household use and
surplus for sale thro structured contract based marketing channels.
What are our strongest links that ensure the achievement of our
overall objective?
1. In conjunction with Kenya Organic Agriculture Network(KOAN),we have
developed STRUCTURED MARKETING CHANNELS AND LINKS TO MARKETS to ensure
that our trained farmers who go into organic production have a ready
market for their organic produce mostly under contractual terms
therefore eliminating uncertainty and exploitation by middlemen.
2.We work closely with accredited certifying bodies to ensure that our
trained farmers comply with necessary requirements for ORGANIC
CERTIFICATION within the stipulated time for Organic conversion in all
stages of production up to marketing.
3.We work closely with organizations that sponsor farmers training to
ensure that the objectives of their TRAINING NEEDS are met and
necessary follow up done to bring farmers into ACTUAL ORGANIC
PRODUCTION after training when their enthusiasm is still very high.
4.We work closely with IFOAM in providing training materials on
Organic Animal Husbandry in their Internet Training Platform.
5.We are actively involved as RESOURCE PERSONS in CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIC TRAINING for training colleges and universities
our latest participation being the development of Organic training at
EGERTON UNIVERSITY,Njoro,KENYA and RURAL COMMUNITY IN
DEVELOPMENT(RUCID)COLLEGE at Mitiyana,UGANDA.
-participated in Curriculum Harmonization Workshop on Organic
Agriculture Training organized by Kenya Organic Agriculture
Network(KOAN) as a Resource Person specialized in Organic Livestock
Production.
Who are our main clients?
-Individual farms/farmers seeking to convert into Organic Agriculture.
-NGO's with capacity building component as a part of poverty
alleviation mitigation through agriculture based income generating
projects for their target beneficiaries.
-Church sponsored groups especially those fighting HIV/AIDS thro
proper nutrition and income generation as a part of their mitigation
strategy.
-Organic Agriculture Training Colleges where our personnel are
retained as ASSOCIATE TUTORS(the contact person is an Associate Tutor
at Kenya Institute Of Organic Farming-KIOF,JUJA CAMPUS).
How can we work together with your Organization?
If you find common goals that are in your Organizations capacity
building strategy for community development that are also in ours,then
we can join hands in complimenting our efforts to empower our Urban
and Rural farming communities thro sustainable agriculture.
We also carry out BIOGAS SYSTEMS INSTALLATION and COMMISSIONING for
interested farms and institutions by partnering with the right EXPERTS
in the field of SUSTAINABLE ENERGY RESOURCES for our clients.
We can also offer practical skills to farming groups that want to
start ANIMAL FEED MANUFACTURING as an income generating project using
simple and cheap mixing and formulation technology.
What is the range of our Consultancy Fees?
~Workshop Facilitation Fees per Resource Person per hour=Ksh 1000.00 per hour.
~Individual Farm Conversion Fees=Ksh 35000.00(excluding Certification Fees)
~3 days Farmers Group Training Workshop=Ksh 15000.00+Transport and
Accommodation.
~Farm Visit Consultancy=Ksh 1500.00
+Transport
~Office Consultancy=Ksh 250.00 per hour.
Mushroom Production Training=Ksh 15000.00+Transport
~Transport to the Farm is paid by the farm and is calcurated on Public
Transport Fares to and fro from our RUIRU TOWN offices in addition to
the above professional fees.
Method of Fees payment;
Payments will only be accepted if paid by cash voucher, Bankers cheque or MPESA to 0723364135.
CONTACT PERSON;
Bernard Wainaina,
Director/Livestock Consultant,
CELL;+254723364135
Emails;
profarms.wainaina@gmail.com (Personal Email Address)
Or;
kimani_miatu@yahoo.com
(Yahoo Instant Messenger)
Or;
profarms@safaricom.blackberry.com (Office Email Address)
Website:
http://my.opera.com/PROFARMS/blog
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PROFARMS CONSULTANTS,NAIROBI KENYA
BOX 34972-00100,NAIROBI-KENYA
(M)anagement ((S)ervices.
Our Mission;To promote Organic Agriculture as a Commercially Viable
Enterprise that is Environment Friendly.
Our Vision;To provide Competent Professional Training and Consultancy
Services in all areas of Organic Agriculture with emphasis on the
Practical Approach.
Who are we? We are a consortium of Organic Agriculture Specialists
dealing with farmers training at group and individual level
specifically on Organic Livestock Production and Organic Crop
Production. Our training is biased on imparting the practical skills
to farmers who want to convert to Organic System of production for
both livestock and crops leading to certification under East African
Organic Production Standards(EAOPS).
What are our guiding principles? In designing our training
programmes,we are guided by the by International Federation of Organic
Agriculture Movements(IFOAM) principles of Organic Agriculture as
stated here under.
>Principle of Health for the soil,plants,animals,human and planet as one and indivisible.
>Principle of Ecology in agriculture based on living ecological systems and cycles for sustainability.
>Principle of Fairness to enhance relationships that ensure fairness with regard to common environment and life opportunities.
>Principle of care that underlines precautionary and responsible manner of practising organic agriculture to protect the environment for current and future generations.
What is our Overall Objective?
OVERALL OBJECTIVE;To help Farmers convert into Organic Livestock
production from rearing to marketing and Certification of Products.
How do we evaluate the effectiveness of our training?
EVALUATION;The ideal method of evaluation is by determining the
percentage of trained farmers in a workshop who adopt Organic
Livestock production from rearing to certification and marketing of
the Organic products and successful conversion and Organic
certification of Individual Farms under our Consultancy Service.
What is our mode of delivery?
Our preferred mode of delivery is thro Farmers Training Workshops
with a group consisting of 25 participants at minimum for 3days
covering 60% theory and 40% practicals.Individual farmers or farms
that want to undergo conversion are offered personal consultation
service to ensure that they undertake all the necessary practices
required for Organic Certification.
What do we stand for?
We stand for empowerment of Urban and Rural farming communities
through adoption of sustainable farming methods that take care of
wider environment as well as raising their living standards by
production of healthy Chemical FREE food for their household use and
surplus for sale thro structured contract based marketing channels.
What are our strongest links that ensure the achievement of our
overall objective?
1. In conjunction with Kenya Organic Agriculture Network(KOAN),we have
developed STRUCTURED MARKETING CHANNELS AND LINKS TO MARKETS to ensure
that our trained farmers who go into organic production have a ready
market for their organic produce mostly under contractual terms
therefore eliminating uncertainty and exploitation by middlemen.
2.We work closely with accredited certifying bodies to ensure that our
trained farmers comply with necessary requirements for ORGANIC
CERTIFICATION within the stipulated time for Organic conversion in all
stages of production up to marketing.
3.We work closely with organizations that sponsor farmers training to
ensure that the objectives of their TRAINING NEEDS are met and
necessary follow up done to bring farmers into ACTUAL ORGANIC
PRODUCTION after training when their enthusiasm is still very high.
4.We work closely with IFOAM in providing training materials on
Organic Animal Husbandry in their Internet Training Platform.
5.We are actively involved as RESOURCE PERSONS in CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIC TRAINING for training colleges and universities
our latest participation being the development of Organic training at
EGERTON UNIVERSITY,Njoro,KENYA and RURAL COMMUNITY IN
DEVELOPMENT(RUCID)COLLEGE at Mitiyana,UGANDA.
-participated in Curriculum Harmonization Workshop on Organic
Agriculture Training organized by Kenya Organic Agriculture
Network(KOAN) as a Resource Person specialized in Organic Livestock
Production.
Who are our main clients?
-Individual farms/farmers seeking to convert into Organic Agriculture.
-NGO's with capacity building component as a part of poverty
alleviation mitigation through agriculture based income generating
projects for their target beneficiaries.
-Church sponsored groups especially those fighting HIV/AIDS thro
proper nutrition and income generation as a part of their mitigation
strategy.
-Organic Agriculture Training Colleges where our personnel are
retained as ASSOCIATE TUTORS(the contact person is an Associate Tutor
at Kenya Institute Of Organic Farming-KIOF,JUJA CAMPUS).
How can we work together with your Organization?
If you find common goals that are in your Organizations capacity
building strategy for community development that are also in ours,then
we can join hands in complimenting our efforts to empower our Urban
and Rural farming communities thro sustainable agriculture.
We also carry out BIOGAS SYSTEMS INSTALLATION and COMMISSIONING for
interested farms and institutions by partnering with the right EXPERTS
in the field of SUSTAINABLE ENERGY RESOURCES for our clients.
We can also offer practical skills to farming groups that want to
start ANIMAL FEED MANUFACTURING as an income generating project using
simple and cheap mixing and formulation technology.
What is the range of our Consultancy Fees?
~Workshop Facilitation Fees per Resource Person per hour=Ksh 1000.00 per hour.
~Individual Farm Conversion Fees=Ksh 35000.00(excluding Certification Fees)
~3 days Farmers Group Training Workshop=Ksh 15000.00+Transport and
Accommodation.
~Farm Visit Consultancy=Ksh 1500.00
+Transport
~Office Consultancy=Ksh 250.00 per hour.
Mushroom Production Training=Ksh 15000.00+Transport
~Transport to the Farm is paid by the farm and is calcurated on Public
Transport Fares to and fro from our RUIRU TOWN offices in addition to
the above professional fees.
Method of Fees payment;
Payments will only be accepted if paid by cash voucher, Bankers cheque or MPESA to 0723364135.
CONTACT PERSON;
Bernard Wainaina,
Director/Livestock Consultant,
CELL;+254723364135
Emails;
profarms.wainaina@gmail.com (Personal Email Address)
Or;
kimani_miatu@yahoo.com
(Yahoo Instant Messenger)
Or;
profarms@safaricom.blackberry.com (Office Email Address)
Website:
http://my.opera.com/PROFARMS/blog
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PROFARMS CONSULTANTS,NAIROBI KENYA
BOX 34972-00100,NAIROBI-KENYA
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