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PROPOSAL COVER PAGE

FOOD SECURITY PROPOSAL

INTEGRATED POULTRY-VEGETABLE PRODUCTION FOR

FOOD SECURITY

FOR SUBMISSION TO YOUTH EMPOWERMENT FUNDING

PROGRAM

GOLFVIEW EVENTS SERVICES

CONTACT PERSON: BWALYA CHAMA
ADDRESS: P.O BOX ………………., NDOLA, ZAMBIA
CELL NUMBERS: +260974802229/+260969750191
E-MAIL: bwalyachama92@gmail.com
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2. PROPOSAL SUMMARY SHEET

 Date of Proposal Submission: December 1, 2020

 Project Name: Integrated Poultry-Vegetable Production for Food Security

 Project Location: Ndola, Copperbelt Province.

 Funding Agency: Youth Empowerment Program

 Total Project Budget: XXXXXXXXXXXX

 Funds Requested: XXXXXXXXXXXX

 Co-funding in Cash: XXXXXXXXXXXX

 Program Start Date: January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2023

 Implementing Agency: GolfView Events Services

 Contact Person: Bwalya Chama, +260974802229/+260969750191

E-MAIL: bwalyachama92@gmail.com

 Expected Number of Participants: Year 1-3: 600 Households

 Brief Description of Participants: Smallholder Market Traders,

Restaurants, and Female-Headed Households- who seldom have enough

food to meet annual consumption needs.

 Narrative Summary of the Project Including Rationale and Planned

Activities: (quarter page or less, please)

Business Plan
Small scale Integrated Broiler-Vegetable Production

MR GIANT’S POULTRY
INTRODUCTION
Poultry farming for the purpose of raising Day-old Chicks broilers for an optimum of seven
weeks to be dressed as meat is here referred to as broiler production. The DOC are procured
from reputable hatcheries, feed in the first three weeks with broiler starters and then in the
remaining weeks, with broiler finisher. The bird which at this stage would weigh on the
average of about 2.5kg live is dressed and stored in cold room to be sold for meat.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Mr Giants poultry plan to venture into poultry. The commencement strategy is to start with
broiler production with 1000 birds as the target. 1020 birds shall be acquired from reputable
hatchery. These birds shall be transported by night from Ibadan to Mr Giants in Ogun State.
Construction cost is about N420, 000. They are housed, fed and watered ad libitum (meaning
continuously) day and night for seven weeks. The birds at the target maturity shall be
harvested by a processing company who will come in with their vehicle, weigh live, issue
invoice and pack to transport to their processing plant. At each point in time, another batch
will be in the process to ensure an initial monthly 1000 birds harvest. Target is to achieve
2,500kg (2,911kg) each time hence about 4,200kg of feed which will cost N453, 600 (i.e. for
157 bags) will be needed. Each requirement for purchase of DOC is about N160, 000; others
(salary, fuel and medication) will be about N80, 000). Total cash outflow is in the average of
N693, 600 bringing the total capacity requirement to about N1, 113,640.
Running cost per month is N693, 600. Account receivable will be on an average of N 1,025,
000 (N 1,324,400). Gross difference per batch would be on the average of N332,000 (N
505,760). The business when effectively run can break even in four months, if the cost of
land is not inclusive.

OPPORTUNITY
The demand for poultry (broiler meat) is ever increasing. It is one business that the
opportunity for growth ever remains large. Continuous exploitation and expansion will be the
status of the industry for a long time. Below are few exploitable opportunities to be exploited
by Mr Giants Poultry.
1. Expansion to monthly harvest of 1000 birds in the first three months generating a gross
profit of about N250, 000/month.
2. Expanding to 2000 birds per month in the first one year generating N500, 000 gross profits
per month with the introduction of two breeding pen.
3. Opportunity within the first one year to dress and sell directly to eateries with the
acquisition of 4KVA generator and a defeathering machine hence selling at N730/kg dress
weigh hence increasing the profit margin by 35%.
4. The opportunity to build one’s own cold room and create a clientele base for broiler
production is fallow and can be harnessed within 1 year post commencement.
5. Purchasing a cold van for distribution of cold chicken to an ever demanding restaurant,
cold rooms, eateries and hotels is an opportunity waiting to be tapped.
6. Finally, a well determined Mr Giants poultry strategically managed could in five years,
generate in revenue N ———- by putting in place, a plant that can process 2000 bird per day
to generate over a billion in annual revenue and profit to the tone of about N150 million per
annum. This is because it is possible that based on available data on poultry consumption in
Nigeria which is drastically increasing by the government policy which banned poultry
importation and entrance of new consuming outlet such as KFC, Mr Biggs and other sales
outlet. Lifestyle is also improving.

Marketing Channels
Presently,
1. Companies that purchase in bulk by weight, to dress and sell.
2. Dress and sell to eateries, hotels, cold rooms and malls.
3. Sell directly to festive celebrants during festivity.
Future:
1. Dress, process and sell in own cold room.
2. Supply to eateries and other cold rooms.
3. Sell live birds for good bargain.

Management
Good management is important to the success of this project. Learning before
commencement is better than learning on the job because poultry is capital-intensive hence
not suitable for experimentation.
Inputs such as drinkers, feeders for chicks and growers, brooding gas or charcoal pots, litter
materials, feed and water must be those that have to be accepted as suitable by experienced
experts or farmers.

Water
Water management is a critical factor. Easy to manage but often mismanaged leading to
catastrophic result. Water is ad libitum (continuous) in all poultry. In small poultry, on the
litter system, care must be taken to ensure that the birds do not scratch litters into the water
because this contaminate, infects and starve the birds. Routine and constant practice is to
frequently lift and clear the drinkers, position them a little higher as the birds grow and
minimize contamination and spillage by all means to reduce incidence of water starvation,
coccidiosis and salmonelloses. Water source must also be tested to ensure its freedom from
contamination.

Feeding
Broilers are fed ad libitum as well. Conversion ratio is about 0.53 (53%). Birds should be
encouraged to feed 24 hours to ensure that by the end of six o r seven weeks, they weigh
above average. The bottom line in broiler production is the more they eat, the more they
weigh.

Brooding
Proper temperature and humidity shall be maintained throughout the first two weeks. Paper
on the floor is the preferred litter in brooding. Ensure that the birds do not hurdle together
because it could lead to death by suffocation.
CONCLUSION
Initiative is essential to creating a niche and hence a uniqueness that will ensure profitability.
Mr Giants Poultry is a dream that will be a reality if optimal chance and resources is allotted
to it. Note that, similar to other small enterprise, absenteeism would be a setback. This form
of Farming is a highly developed industry. Its efficacy and productivity is a product of
harnessing of all the available industrial facilities, this can never be provided enough by just
one individual or company. The industry works effectively as a network with different
specializations, bringing in diverse inputs. To avoid overcrowding of ideas and thinning of
the limited resources, focus will be on broiler production for a long time under the
supervision of an experienced consulting firm. Horizontal and vertical integration should be
considered after all potentials of the focal point have been fully utilized. Following
stabilization, feed production, broiler production or even parent stock breeding are
opportunities that could be added.

Table 1: FEED QUANTITY AND FEEDING COST FOR 6 WEEKS

WEEK                           FEED (kg)                   FEED (25 kg bag)                           COST (N)
1                                        160                                   7                                        21,490
2                                        430                                    18                                       49,500
3                                      665                                   27                                       74,250
4                                      798                                   32                                        88,000
5                                      897                                   36                                         99,000
6                                      1,070                                   43                                         118,250
TOTAL                             4,020                                   157                                        450,490
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