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| AFRICABIZ
VOL 1 - ISSUE: 72
APRIL
15 - MAY 14, 2005
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Editor: Dr. Bienvenu-Magloire Quenum
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WORD FROM THE EDITOR
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IMAGINATION AND ORGANIZATION
HELP BUILD A STRONG ECONOMY
The
beginning of this April month 2005 had seen two obituaries. The death of Roman
Catholics' Pope John Paul II on April 3, 2005 and the passing of Prince
Rainier of Monaco on April 6, 2005.
Pope 's death and burial received a worldwide
media coverage. In the contrary, the Prince's death received was less broadcast
as is should have been.
Sure, Pope John Paul II left a message of peace
for the world that should be pursued by political, religious and opinion leaders
worldwide for the sake of the humanity' survival. For only peaceful resolutions
of political differences would save the humankind from a total destruction;
because a global war would be a nuke one, and that would be the end of the humanity
on earth. Owing to the current existing political international tensions, the
window gap to avoid the looming disaster is very narrow.
Let us hope that political,
religious and opinions leaders, and the mainstream world citizens alike would
make it together towards the final settlement of peace on earth.
One thing
that would contribute to the establishment of world peace is, doubtless, the
fight against poverty worldwide.
In
a previous delivery titled: The World Will Never Be The Same After September
11, 2001, we stated the following: "For a better world it is necessary
that we, as citizens of the global village, search for other ways and means to
address poverty, oppression and injustice."
That
is where Prince Rainier of Monaco's legacy comes in. He inherited the throne
from his grand- father Louis II in 1949 with an economy based on casinos business
and tourism (47% of national budget revenues).
He diversified the economy
and made the principality a financial powerhouse based on three pillars: Finance,
Real State and Services (VIP tourist's destination, acclaimed world Conference
Center and Big Sports events - Formula I Grand Prix, ATP Tennis Circuit. Etc.)
At his death, casinos' business represents only 4% of budget revenues.
Monaco's
Prince Rainier III demonstrated during his stay in power how imagination and
organization could help a leader build up a strong diversified economy. He
sets an example for African nations to follow suit using imagination and organization
as political and economic leverages to change their poverty stricken countries
to prosperous ones.
Click
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Build The A Strong Economy In The Developing World.
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| BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES IN AFRICA
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Several business opportunities - component parts of the Integrated Developing Scheme described in Africans, Stop Being Poor! are listed in following table.
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SHEA BUTTER (5,
6, 7,
11, 12,
13)
b- BLUE GOLD (14,
15, 16,
17, 18,
19)
c- FREEZE-DRIED PAPAIN (20,
21, 22
and here)
d-
KENAF (23,
24)
e- VEGETABLE OIL (25,
26, 27,
28)
f- CEREALS (30,
31, 32,
33)
g- FRUITS (34,
35, 36,
37, 38,
39, 40,
42, 43,
44, 45,
46)
h- ESSENTIAL OILS (47,
48, 49,
50, 51,
52)
i- ROOTS & TUBERS (54,
55, 56,
57, 58,
59, 60,
61, 62,
63, 64)
j-
FOWL BREEDING (66,
67, 68,
69, 70,
71, 72,
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FOWL BREEDING AS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY: PART
IX - CONCLUSION ABOUT POULTRY BREEDING OPERATIONS IN AFRICA
Considering information
available in several deliveries [66,
67, 68,
69, 70,
71], and due
to untapped existing
chicken meat market in Africa amounting to US$ 20 billions, we reached the
conclusion that it is possible to establish 30,000 medium-scale chicken breeding
operations in sub-Saharan African countries that would generate direct jobs to
150,000 workers and 30,000 managers.
That shows there are opportunities
throughout the continent to establish chicken breeding companies to cater for
national demands in spite of the unfair
competition exercised by import from Europe, provided that operators take
necessary managerial and production decisions to control costs of production.
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In addition to the medium-scale operations above briefly outlined, hundred thousand
"family operations" could be established as people's income building
power in African nations. Because when one speaks of fowl breeding, one should
include pentads, geese, ducks and not only familiar poultry, which picture is
available above.
Diversifying the production is the key to beat the
competition on national level and fight against imports. It
had been briefly exposed here how it is possible to start cheap and growth "wealthy"
fast breeding Muscovy duck. The same is possible with goose and pentad.
Next
delivery to be issued on May 15, 2005, shall consider a category of birds that
do not fly: the family of birds called ratites, represented by the Ostrich
and the Emu.
Ratites are running birds that produce flesh similar
to four legs' animals. The breeding of ratites is a capitalistic business in
comparison to poultry, pentad and duck breeding in the sense that the purchase
of initial stock of birds cost more money. However, it could yield substantial
benefits for the clever investor to enter the traditional livestock meat industry's
business.
| MORE
ON FOWL BREEDING | 1-
Poultry
Breeding and Genetics
by R.D. Crawford
2- The
Dollar Hen: The Classic Guide to American Free-Range Farming
by Milo M.
Hastingd, Robert Plamondon
3- Small-Scale
Poultry-Keeping: A Guide To Free-Range Poultry Production
by Ray Feltwell
4- The
Encyclopedia of Farm Animal Nutrition
by M.F. Fuller, et al
5-
The
Mating and Breeding of Poultry
by Harry M. Lamon, Rob R. Slocum
6-
Modern
Livestock and Poultry Production
by James R. Gillespie
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7- Success
With Baby Chicks: A Complete Guide to Hatchery Selection
by Robert Plamondon
8- The
Classic Guide To Poultry Nutrition:
Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Gamebirds,
and Pigeons
by Gustave F. Hauser
9- The
Strange History of The Ostrich
In Fashion, Food and Fortune
by Rob
Nixon
10- Ostrich's
Avian Incubation: Behaviour, Environment and Evolution
by D. Charles Deeming |
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