Yes, we are still alive! We are not dead yet. The last couple of days are characterized by gathering information on farming practices to eventually make a manual on different crops that Q Energy can produce on their demonstration site. Besides crop manual, manuals on cattle, piggery, poultry and calculation on product processing, like maize milling etc. are also being made. The manuals will contain information about the entire chain of production of vegetables as well as cereals and other crops. With this basic information a strategy is generated that is tailor-made for the demonstration site. We are currently in the phase of assessing the different possibilities and in a short while we will be scoring each possibility and eventually generate an investment plan what has the highest return of investment. Making manuals for farming possibilities might seem a bit of an overkill, but by delivering Q Energy with to-the-point and easy to understand manuals, the demonstration farm possesses information that may be of importance to the surrounding farmers. This way farmers will want to get to know Q Energy better for their knowledge and expertise. Although first contact with a farm that is run by foreigners isn’t the first thing a local farmer may do, but when implementations are profitable and this is viewed by the local farmers, they will be more open to the knowledge that Q Energy has to offer. Last week we had a meeting with Sandra to show her our progress, she was pleased to see the work we had done and we discussed further proceedings. We are planning on meeting more experts through Sandra her network. These are experts with their own demonstration farms and knowledgeable people. Besides experts in the field of farming we are planning on visited an owner of another biogas company that is connected to the CREEC research institute. The plan is to see an installed biogas system that is fully operational and how this system is connected to different kind of activities. On the cultural/tourist side, we went to a cultural dancing event. A group of dancers, drummers and musician played and danced for about 4 hours. The narrators also talk allot about Ugandas culture, dance and rituals. A couple of days ago we found a Dutch coffee bar near our house, ‘Café Bean’, and have chosen it as our new chilling spot when rest is needed after a hard day’s work. They have incredible Oreomilkshakes!! Sunday we also went to THE Uganda Museum. After a quick tour through the, not that extensive, museum we came across a marriage but not any kind of marriage. These were children of around the age of 5 that where walking down the aisle. We don’t think that these children had a clue what the meaning was behind this entire spectacle and some were not in the mood to get married. I don’t blame them. The entire show was directed by a gentleman that was somewhat grunting into the microphone. The same evening we went to an expats diner called ‘the little donkey’. After a good meal we joined the locals in their Sunday evening drinks and watched some football and some tennis. Yesterday we had our longest power out sins our arrival here. A dinner not with candlelight but with headlight was necessary to be able to our meals. Today we headed into Kampala center to send our Christmas surprises to our loved ones in Holland and visit the Ministry of Trade, Industry and…………. There we wanted to get some information about prices in the local district of Mubende and Kampala area. With this data we can determine if selling in Kampala area will generate more profit than selling in Mubende. After a bust at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and….. we headed to the Bureau of Statistics. After blagging our way inside we headed to the 7th floor and where directed to the 6th floor and eventually ended up to the right person. We had a good conversation with Sam and he could provide us with the information we needed. This data contains market prices of different agricultural crops going back to 2005. This may seem allot, but a quick trend analysis can be made to determine if the prices may change in the near future. Talking about the near future, we are planning on going back to Kasanda soon for a second visit. We hoop, after talking with some experts and their view on a demonstration farm, that we can assess the situation even better and collect our last bit of data that is needed. Always keeping u posted, Q|Uganda out.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:50:40 +0000
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