Selasi Ackom

Tema (ZAF)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal

Rescue Aid Foundation

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Location: Tema
Industry: Agriculture
Year Founded: 2006
Number Employees: 1-10 people
Description: I WILL BE GLAD IF YOU WILL TRY CALLING ME AFTER READING THIS BRIEF DESCRIPTION. A AGENT CALLED ME LAST YEAR, BUT WAS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT DUE TO SOME REASON. I HOPE THAT YOU ARE ABLE. (+233 243 41 6836) NB: I DID NOT SEE GHANA IN THE COUNTRY LIST SO I HAD TO CHOOSE SOUTH AFRICA. I ALSO HAVE TO FILL IN SOME FIELDS BELOW TO FACILITATE THE COMPLETION OF THIS FORM. Rescue farms is an 800+ acres of farm land located in West Africa. The farm land is situated in the Volta region and in a village called Logba Adeveme in the Hohoe south district. This land is located in a flat river valley, and has very fertile soil. The land has been left bare for the past 20 years. The land is clear, with only a few trees. It is 3.5km north east of Logba Alakpeti. You can view a satellite image of Logba Alakpeti here: (URL removed)=6898309&x=453014&z=13&l=0&m=a&v=2 Our farm will be registered as a non-governmental organization and will be operated similar to a 501c3 non-profit in the States. The farming business is concentrated on producing wide range of maize, cassava and grasscutter for meat production in Ghana and exporting to neighboring countries. Maize and cassava are main crops which are widely consumed in the African and world market at large, moreover they have so many uses. This business requires $XXXXX as a farming capital to make this business a success. We plan to start farming the land as soon as the funds needed are ready. We are now preparing a thorough business plan with financial projections for the first 3 years of operation. The split of this money of our initial expenses are as follows: $XXXXX will be used to purchase one or more tractor sets, $XXXXX will be used for trucks, $XXXXXX will be used for salon car and $XXXXX a pick-up, $XXXXX will be used for storage facilities, $XXXXX will be used for payment of laborers for the first six months until our first harvests come in - at which time we will be able to continue paying the laborers from our income , $XXXXXX will be used for fertilizers, farming implements, and seeds. The estimated gross sales for the first year under the farming project equal $170,000. This is a result of cultivating 500 acres of land. The $XXXXXX investment and subsequent farm start-up will also help to increase agriculture production and crop productivity in Ghana. Current farming methods in Ghana are way behind-the-times, and thus production is much lower than what is possible. Our goal is to implement modern technologies, modern methods, and "best-practices" for this large-scale operation so as to maximize efficiency, land-use, and production. With the purchase of the fully equipped farming tractors, trucks, salon cars and pick-ups, storage facilities with all implements, it will increase production in the maize and cassava farming.