Maintaining  the lead and securing the future sustainability of the Cassava Enterprise in the Region The Fatima MPC’s ambition over a period of 5 years is to expand its cassava production and saturate the market of San Miguel  thereby making more profit for its members. It wants to increase its capacity to absorb produce by members by building more and bigger warehouses. It also wants to give loans to young enterprising farmers in the farmer associations to purchase a tractor which can work on the fields of other farmers as well  so this will increase crop production and ease land preparation and harvesting and hence reduce production costs. A further future ambition for the cooperative is to establish its own processing plant and process its own food grade cassava starch. Besides serving the San Miguel market  Fatima is also ambitions to diversify into other products like yam for Unilever’s Selecta ice cream  and bioethanol for fuel. The more immediate BHAG is on the cassava production expansion  to increase production volume by at least five times its current capacity. It needs support for preparing a business plan that aims at improving efficiency through mechanization. This can be financed through internal capitalization (members say they are willing to invest) as well as by taking a loan from Land Bank  for example. The cooperative seeks to increase production capacity by 500%  establish 1 processing plant and develop a new market for its processed products. Strategic Business Planning
   
         New business model for mechanization/   financial products for its members and improved business relations with SMFI
   
         Q1   2018
   
             Installation of new   finance-business system for the Agribusiness/Cassava Trade operations
   
         Separate and improved separate bookkeeping    computerized accounting system and database for the Agribusiness department
   
         Q2   2018
   
             Explore and develop areas for   collaboration and partnership with other coop producer-suppliers of cassava   to strengthen business position in the industry
   
         Identified areas for   collaboration and partnership with other Coop for business and cassava   industry development
   
         Q2   to Q4 2018
   
      
        Advice
   
   
   
          Conduct   of sub-sector/ industry study/assessment for cassava
   
      Sub-Sector   Study/ Industry Assessment
   
      Q3 2018
   
          Conduct FS for cassava based processing   plant/facility (starch)
   
      Feasibility Study
   
      Q4 2018
   
          Monitoring and Business Advise
   
      Business Advise on demand
   
      Q1 to Q4 2018
   
          Training   
   
   
   
          Financial   management training
   
      Board   and Staff trained
   
      Q1 2018
   
          Supervisory   Board Roles and Functions
   
      Board   and Staff trained/ SB /youth included in the org structure
   
      Q4 2018
   
          Value Creator Training
   
      Board/ Mgt and Staff trained/ new business   opportunities identified
   
      Q2 2018
   
          Exchange   visit
   
   
   
          Visit   production and processing plant within Agriterra area of operation
   
      Team   exposed and informed on cassava production  harvesting  processing and   marketing
   
      Q3 2018
   
   

           Project   Activities
    
    
       Strategic Business Review and Planning
   Approved   business plan (2019-2021) implemented
   Q1    Q4 2019
       Debugging and institutionalization of new finance/business   system for the Agribusiness-Cassava Trade operations
   Bookkeeping/   computerised accounting system and database for the Agribusiness department   installed
   Q1-Q2   2019
       Explore and develop areas for collaboration and partnership with   other coop producer-supplier of cassava to strengthen business position in   the industry
   Areas   for collaboration and partnership with other Coop for business and cassava   industry development established
   Q2   to Q4 2019
       Agri coop youth leadership training and development
   Agri   coop youth leadership and council strengthened
   Q3   2019
       Cassva starch market study
   Market   study 
   Q2   to Q3 2019
       Cassva starch feasibility study and financial plan for cassava   starch plant
   Fesibility   study and financial-investment plans
   Q3   to Q4 2019
  
           Advice
    
    2019     Market Study
   Market   Study - local and regional markets
   Q2   to Q3
       Feasibility Study  Financial Plan
   Feasible   business enterprise  Bank credit proposal
   Q3   to Q4
           Event:   Training 
    
    2019     Agri-coop Marketing Training
   Agribusiness   unit staff are trained + improved marketing plans
   Q2 
       FACT for Agri Coops (FACT4AC) Lessons Learned - Follow up   Workshop
   Advocacy   plans updated and refined
   Q3 
       Agri Coop Sustainable Services Training
   Sustainable   Services are aligned to support core business
   Q2
       Agri Coop Governance Training Lessons Learned - Follow up   Workshop
   Governance   plans are updated
   Q4
        
    
    
       Event: Exchange visit
    
    2019     Exchange to Modern and Professionally managed Agri-Cooperative   engaged in processing
   Coop management   and staff exposed/benchmarked to modern coop operations
   Q3
       Cassava Summit - National
   Common   agenda on cassava
   Q2