Why make a business plan
– it acts as a blue print for the success of you Farm
– it helps to give direction
Format of the business plan
Business Name
Should be easy to remember
Example joan poultry Farm
Vision and mission
The vision
-Helps to define the farm
-what you’re striving towards
-what you want to achieve
– directs all farm activities
The vision for Joan poultry farm will be
” To become the leading providers of high quality chicken for meat in Uganda”
Goals and objectives
The goals you set should motivate you.
They can be divided into three l.e
Short term
3-6 months
Mid term
One year
Long term
3-5 years
It’s very important to thing big and remain realistic
The goals should be specific, measurable, attainable, relevant ànd should have time bound .
The goal should be big enough to inspire you.
The goal should focus on the revenue.no of farm outlets and number of bird’s
Products
What exactly are you going to be selling to the people
– 🐥 chicks
– 🥚 egg’s
– 🍖 meat
– 🍗 chicken for meat
Be specific
In this case our product will be broilers for meat 🍖🥓
What problem do the product solve ?
Your unique selling point.target market and competition
Why should people buy from you not your competitors.
Who shall you sell to ?
For our case street vendor.hotels . hospital’s supermarkets and few restaurants.
You should think about your competitors
Look at their strength, weakness
How to better them .
Marketing
How will you sell your products?
How will you get people to know about it at the beginning.
Will you use radio 📻
Word of mouth 👄
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube
Website
Community meeting 🤝
You need to plan for all eventualities
What if the street vendors don’t buy .
You must have it planned out.
Requirements
Here you write down all things you need to start the poultry 🍗 farm
Feeder
Drinker
Vaccines
Sawdust etc.
The people involved
This is a very important stage
Write the people who will be in charge of finances. marketing and day to day activities.
Financial plan
-write the following
Start up capital amount.
– sources of money
– it also forcast revenue
In case of any Question comment below 👇⬇️ I will try to answer you .