Zaka SUPER SEEDS

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Zaka SUPER SEEDS
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Zaka SUPER SEEDS VISION AND MANAGEMENT

• The vision is to supply quality seeds country
  wide and to improve community living standards
• Zaka Super Seeds is managed by an APEX commitee
  which is made up with ward representatives (12)
• Ward committees have been eleceted

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Crops grown,Expected Sales and Retail Prices
CROP Hecterage Expected Sales Retail Prices-USD Gross Income-USD
Cowpea (CBC2 CBC3) 11.75 4.5t 1.00 4500
Rice (Nerica 3 7) 5.25 4.5 t 0.95 4275
Maize OPVs (zm 309,401 721) 13.00 14 t 1.20 16800
Sugar Beans (Gloria NUA) 10.00 10t 2.00 20 000
Totals 40.00 33t 45 575

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Marketing Strategy

• Zaka Super Super Seeds has several strategies
  that include
• Agro-Dealers have signed MOUs to market seed at a
  commission in all the wards in the district
• Seed Fairs are organized in cluster wards and
  other competing companies are invited
• The APEX Committees sell the seed on behalf of
  the association

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Warehousing,Processing and Bagging

• The Warehouse at Fuve Irrigation Scheme has been
  rehabilitated by HaSSP
• The Enterprise has been supported with Processing
  equipment
• As seed is delivered, samples are taken for
  purity and germination tests
• A satellite laboratory has been set up at the
  warehouse with help from the Seed Services

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Processing continued-

• 17 farmers trained to conduct purity and
  germination tests
• Germination, minimum prescribed, for example,
  maize is 90, farmer payments are processed
• All seed received was fumigated with gastoxin
  tablets for 7 days to control weevil infestation

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Inspections and Reports

• Conducted by Seed Services
• Two inspections are conducted for each crop
• Flowering
• Maturity
• Field Inspection Reports issued

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Revolving Fund

• The project has set up a revolving fund for Zaka
  Super Seeds to pay the seed farmers
• Funds generated sfter selling seed are retained
  in this account
• Funds are not spent as long as they are not
  profits
• Good management of funds will ensure
  sustainability in the absence of funding from
  HaSSP and the Seeds and Market projects
• The Zaka Super Seeds Finance Committe is in the
  process of coming up with a Financial Procedures
  manual

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Challenges

• Zaka Super Seeds is new on the market and not
  well known country wide
• The Enterprise lacks funding to employ a
  management committee and most of the work is done
  by the APEX committee on voluntary basis
• The shareholding of the companyis still to be
  worked out

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WAY FORWARD and BENEFITS for FARMERS

• Knowledge base for farmers in all aspects
• Business acumen enhanced
• Excess seed
• Quick and timely access to seed
• Export and regional trade
• Incomes and livelihoods enhanced for farmers
• Harmonisation implemented

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Thank you