ONE ACRE FUND: CASE STUDY The scene is Bungoma‚ Kenya; Moises Postigo is a buyer interested in purchasing fertilizer on a large scale for his not-for-profit organization the One Acre Fund (OAF). OAF’s mission is to provide fertilizer to farmers “who have nothing” on a credit like system and when the farmers produce their crops a percentage of their supplus would be returned to OAF. Eventually the farmers would no longer need a “free hand out” and will be able to support themselves and their families
Premium Negotiation Best alternative to a negotiated agreement
When I was seven years old and almost a half my parents told me that my family was going to pack up everything‚ leave our home‚ our livelihood‚ and move to Idaho. I was young but I knew I was going to miss Albuquerque. I was going to miss the plump quails who walked quickly with their babies toddling behind in a straight line and the skinny‚ all leg‚ roadrunners who would sprint across the roads. I was going to miss my little Crocodile Smile green room. I had chosen the paint color‚ I had watched
Premium Family Mother English-language films
English 098 Tiffany Philpot Ten years from now…… When you say ten years from now‚ there’s a few things that come to mind. My plans and goals in life are very basic. We all know when growing up that we all wanted that fairy tale ending with the house‚ car‚ kids‚ and the dog. Ten years from now I plan to be raising my children‚ coming out of college with several degrees‚ and being happy. Having a large family was something I always wanted. Now‚ I only have one child and she means the everything
Premium Mary J. Blige English-language films
5. What does refreshing of the screen means? 6. What do you mean by emissive and non emissive display? 7. What is persistence? 8. Give the difference between impact and non impact printers. 9. What is the equation of line in parametric form? 10. What is the need of several line drawing algorithms like DDA and Bresenham’s? 11. Which line drawing algorithm is efficient either DDA or Bresenham’s? 12. Give the limitation of DDA line drawing. 13. What is the difference between Bresenham’s and
Premium Computer graphics
Louisiana Purchase I believe that the Louisiana Purchase was one of the greatest impacts on American society because of the large amount of land and how it helped our economy. In this report you will see how lucky that the United States is to have obtained this large piece of land from France. Their are many reasons why Napoleon had to sell this large piece of land. Napoleon thought that this land could be a great asset to the French if they knew what to do with it. He didn’t
Premium Tax Investment Income tax
MS 403 Engineering Entrepreneurship Case Study: Electric Two-wheelers: Suzhou‚ China versus India Sumit Deshmukh Prashant Patel For the present case study‚ we have taken 2 generic products – TVS Scooty Pep+ - a petrol powered bike and Hero Electric E-Sprint - an electrical 2 wheeler for quantitative cost analysis. Market prices and power rating of these bikes are comparable and hence gives us a more realistic account. TVS Scooty Pep Cost (Rs.) Max. Speed (kmph) km/unit Fuel price/unit
Premium Marketing
Formally known as the United States of America. From New York to California‚ you could find millions of different types of people‚ and cultures from around the world. But how about a state that is so isolated from them all‚ that many people forget it was even added as the 49th state to the country? The lone state of Alaska is to the north west of the major states and if laid on top of the other states‚ would cover about two-thirds of the land. And for a state that is so large‚ it is surely
Premium United States Globalization Immigration to the United States
Kelley Period1 14 February 2013 Louisiana Purchase On April 30‚1803 the Louisiana territory‚ which was a third of the land for the new nation we call America‚ was purchased from France for fifteen million dollars. This helped fund Napoleon’s war against Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson made this decision because Jefferson did not want any other nation ruling in that territory‚ because Jefferson did not want to feel threatened with natives from the new land and France trying to take over America. Another
Premium United States Marriage Family
Points for ppt Factors affecting growth of four wheeler industry 1) Prices of four wheeler 2) Price of fuel 3) Income of people 4) Bank Loan Rates 5) Prices of other four wheeler 6) Slow Economic Growth 1) Prices of four wheeler: Car companies had hiked prices by 1-3% in January2012 to pass on their higher cost burdens. The union government raised the excise duty across products by 2%‚ which car companies passed onto customers by increasing prices immediately.
Premium Petroleum Interest rate Monetary policy
Awah ID: 00577043 Application #1 High crop prices a threat to nature? (Star Tribune) The Land and Land Use topic that we are learning about in class talks about how the land has different uses. The farmers who own the land in this article have a tough decision on how to use it. It is currently being used for natural habitat but will bring in more fortune as farmland. This land is the type of land that is most valuable for natural habitat growth. The soil type also would help crop growth which
Premium Mississippi River Habitat Carbon dioxide