Please draft a business proposal requesting funding:fromThe ECRDA and sefa Rural Blended Finance scheme supports all rural entrepreneurs and agro processing

enterprises operating in the rural environment that meet the qualifying criteria.

What does the Scheme cover:

Cost of production inputs

$1.$ Moveable assets & equipment $($e$.$g$.$ tractor, harvesters, pack shed machinery etc$)$

$2.$ Working$/$Operating capital including salaries, rental, payment of utility bills

$3.$ Assistance with compliance and technical skills improvement, e$.$g$.,$ labelling, industry standards,

standards etc.

$4.$ Facilitate Business and financial management training, including productivity management.

The financial package is structured at a maximum value of R$2500000($two and a half million rand$)$ that

consist of:

$1.$ Maximum of R$2500000$ towards working capital, cost of equipment, input costs or any other

requirements $($paid directly to the supplier where applicable$)$

$2.$ The financial package will be offered in the form of a blended finance with a possible grant portion

dependent on developmental impact.

Loan Repayment Terms

a$.$ Up to $60$ months repayment period dependent on cash flows and$/$or production cycle

b$.$ Interest rate at from rate of $5\%$ on loan component

The following Business Development Support linked to the Scheme will be coordinated through SEDA:

a$.$ Compliance with applicable standards for products.

b$.$ Business and financial management training and mentorship through participants in the Business

Services support scheme.

Conditions for participating in the schem

IBUYAMBO MAIZE AND FEEDS MULTI$-$PURPOSE COOPERATIVE LIMITED

SLOGAN

Agriculture $$ hope for unemployed and the poor

VISION

Empowerment vehicle for new era farmers in grain and livestock production in the Eastern Cape.

MISSION

A cooperative of choice to transform new era farmers to be commercially compete in food security and inspire community to value utilizing land as an economic opportunity for development,

CORE VALUES

Marketing

Who are our customers?

What are their needs?

Where are they?

How are you going to reach them?

Who are our competitors?

SUMMARIZED OBJECTIVES & GOALS

To promote rural economy by commercializing rural farming

To promote research and training for capacity building

To create economic active community through land use

To promote partnership with stakeholders that share a common vision with Ibuyambo

SWOT ANALYSIS

Strength Weaknesses Opportunities Threat

Inspired interested individual farmers to embark in maize production Lack of institutional capacity resulting in uncoordinated cycle from production to marketing Diversed professionals Climate change

Lack of consolidated data from production to marketing Reduce unemployment Fire

Availability of production equipment Lack of road infrastructure to the fields Maize production hub for South Africa and abroad Lack insurance

Diversed human capacity in terms of skills Lack of fencing infrastructure Production of second layer farmers through research and capacity building Theft

Lack of warehousing and storage infrastructure Roaming animals trespassing in our fields

BUSINESS PLAN

Lack of institutional capacity resulting in uncoordinated cycle from production to marketing

$$ Fundraising

$$ Office space

$$ Office equipment

o Computer$/$Tablet

o Printing & photocopying machines

o Stapler & staples

o Stationery

o Office desk & chairs

o Filing cabinet

o Internet connection & data

o ICT infrastructure

$$ Organisational structure

$$ Staffing & remuneration

$$ Human resource development

$$ Leadership and Management Plan

$$ Production plan

$$ Financial plan

$$ Marketing plan

$$

Lack of consolidated data from production to marketing

$$ Establishment of Board of the Cooperative

$$ Establishment of organizational structure and filling of posts

$$

Lack of road infrastructure to the fields

$$ Engage government through public participation to understand that construction of roads to mealie fields is not just a privilege of the affected farmers, but a rural economic development opportunity which aim to reduce migration to urban centers due to lack of economic opportunities in rural areas.

$$

Lack of fencing infrastructure

$$ Farmers to contribute their labour and resources towards fencing.

$$ Engage government and external strategic partners in developing this infrastructure

$$

Climate change

$$ To provide crop insurance

$$ To use indigenous initiatives in combating offensive weather patterns

$$

Fire

$$ To establish fire belts

$$ To establish partnership with strategic partners such as Working on Fire

$$ Training Fire Prevention Volunteers in all adjacent communities in partnership with professional organisations in the field of fire.

$$ To establish working relations with community leaders including Traditional Leaders.

Theft

$$ Create Field Rangers Learnership Programme to employ youth to look after the fields

$$ Develop an effective