Monetary Assistance for the purchase of a Tractor:
Last season the group undertook a maize farming project with the following aims: to subsidize day to day meal, to be an income generator for the group, to provide poultry feed.
The project has thus far been manually run. A tractor would give more output giving more food and income to the group and society. Reasons for proposing a tractor:
- A tractor is much more efficient than the current use of bulls, as bulls are especially inefficient during the drought season.
- The running of and maintenance for the tractor would provide employment for some group members.
- The tractor could be used for income generation if a fee was charged for plowing other fields.
- Women who currently do manual labor in the village will be able to shift their attention to other necessary activities if the tractor is doing some of the work they were responsible for. - [Back]
