`Target group:`

120-150 low-income households who are desperate and are willing to increase households productivity by producing high valued cassava products for foods and income.

`Background and justification:`

The ....district of .... is one of the three districts on ..... About 400 households in ..... are engaged in agriculture activities and taro and cassava are staple foods. In 1996 the ... underwent an economic crisis which put out 2/3 or 2,600 of her Public Servants into transition. The younger generation left for the greener fields of New Zealand and Australia while the older generation remains to live off the lands. This trend left many women as the breadwinners of their households thus the reason of the unfortunate women of ... taking the Telefood assistance of FAO as a mean of easing the economic pain and hardship their households are going through.

`Objectives:`

To provide and assist the people of .... in particular the Women Groups in establishing a small cassava processing plant to generate food and to enhance the household income.

Duration of the Project:

12 months (Activities should continue)

`Output:`

Establishment of small cassava processing plant equipped with materials/tools/ equipment and a healthy sustainable community.

`Activities:`

Preparation and renovating of existing premises (packing shed)
Procurement of equipment/tools and materials
Implementing of the project
Uplifting and transporting of cassava tubers
Peeling off/washing/grating of cassava tubers
Separation of starch by water
Sieving and drying of the cassava (powder)
Packaging and marketing

Grated and Dried

Ota home consumption and the Local Markets
Poke (traditional pudding) home consumption and for the Local Markets
Cassava powder Local and Overseas Markets
Pia tavai (porridge) home consumption

`Pre-requisites:`

120 households (women folks) organized and ready for the project
120-130 existing cassava plantations (1/4 to ½ acre) for processing
Involved households consented to the continuation of cassava plantings
Committee for the project is in place.

`Inputs/Budget`

Items to be supplied

Estimated Cost NZ$

Cassava crater

· Power motor

2

2,100

· Grater

2

800

· Case/hopper

2

600

Containers

· Aluminum tubs

4

3,200

· Plastic basins

25

760

· Plastic buckets

20

100

· Empty 44gal/drums

6

240

Timber

· 4x2x6 meters

6

150

· 3x3x6 meters

6

130

· 3x1x6 meters

4

80

Drying Materials

· corrugated roofing irons (6 meters)

10

1,000

Transportation (from fields)

1,000

Sieve

· Iron mesh (meters)

20

150

· Cloth (meters)

20

100

Tools

· Bush knives

10

350

· Small knives

20

200

Wheelbarrow

2

500

Miscellaneous

340

TOTAL NZ$

11,800

TOTAL US$

6,560.

`Monitoring and reporting`

The Committee (Mayor, ... Council Members (3), President of ... National Council of Women, President of ... Women Groups and Secretary of ...) for managing the project will meet every 6-8 weeks to evaluate the progress of the project activities.

This committee will be chaired by the Mayor or the President of the National Council of Women who will organize the planning, transporting etc., and propose modifications to the project as needed.

A report of each meeting will be prepared and submitted by the chairperson(s) and the Secretary of ... to the Secretary of Agriculture and FAO SAPA, indicating the quarterly progress of the project activities and constraints met during execution.

A final report indicating outputs and women group perceptions of the project activities will be prepared by the chairperson(s) and the Secretary of .... and submitted to the Secretary and FAO SAPA.

`Risks`

If there is a shortage of water
Wondering pigs

`(TELEFOOD PROJECT EXAMPLE)`

`Establishment of a Small Cassava Processing Plant for the Women Groups of ... to Enhance Food Security and Household Income (Pacific Islands)`