HPW是否通过块农场为农民创造价值,并且是无需外部支持的公司可持续的块农场模型?
街区农场模式也为农民和公司的经济价值创造了经济价值,因为它确保了工厂的原料稳定流动。平均而言,该街区农业收益率为484欧元,为块农场项目的农民赢得更多,而不是HPW的农场,而不是块农民的额外比对照组的农民进行同样的生产。
Farmers value their relationship with HPW, they credit their knowledge gain on new production methods to HPW’s training and financial support. They also credit technical supports a reason for a higher yield than they are used. Block farmers only appear to be disgruntled in the aspects of transparency on price fixing, and de-crowning of pineapples at harvest.
块农场模型是一种自我维持方案, profits from farmers can be reinvested into subsequent pineapple production cycle, and the harvest serves as supply to the factory. Also, mother plots have been established for the procurement of high-quality suckers and consequently, a reduced cost of production on subsequent production rounds.
It is evident that most farmers would not have mastered pineapple production without HPW’s support, however, ensuring continuity of sustainable production will involve further optimization of the learning and support process. This is because it is easier for farmers to comply with the right protocols when inputs and technical support are readily available. The gains and impact of the block farm model can be further sustained via the company’s existing initiative for pineapple producers.
总体而言,农民将HPW的培训视为有效和有益。该公司与农民的互动55%在培训期间,45%的遭遇是农业访问。92%的街区农民采访肯定了培训课程中学的实践对他们有益。88%的培训评为高影响力,并表示虽然块农民一直在生产菠萝平均,但大多数都不熟悉由HPW培训教授的标准生产方法。
关于89% of block farmers identified fertilizer and pesticide application protocols as a new technique learned during the training on the block farm.
一位农民召回,'We didn’t know we had to apply fertilizers more than once after planting, but they (HPW) taught us the right things, and the difference is evident.’60%还声称他们学会了更好的种植techniques such as plant spacing, use of plastic mulch, as well as improved methods for record keeping. 16% cited weeding methods. On the ease of farmers’ access to these services, 88% find it easy; 12% ‘fairly easy.’
大多数受访者(80%)声称也在农场实施了这些学习。宣布在私营农场储存农场中学到的新技术的人中,88%的人因经历了经验丰富的福利。据说生产力是根据街区农场获得的知识增加了31.6%。这被记入害虫,较大的水果,较短的生产周期,均匀的田地增长以及降低收获后损失的发病率。最重要的影响是新品种的生产方法的知识(100%的街区农民同意这一点)。虽然HPW工厂接受了平滑的Cayenne和MD2菠萝品种,但农民考虑为MD2品种提供的培训和支持,因为它以更高的价格购买了它。
然而,一些街区农民承认,他们没有在缺乏资金的情况下对其私人农场进行了解,这阻碍了他们及时采购投入。根据这些农民的说法,成为一个街区农场的一部分是主要优势,因为它们不仅受过培训,而且还有能力立即实施正确的投入。
2015年,由于原料供应低(菠萝),HPW无法满足买家的需求。这种情况影响了决定建立与小农农民建立更系统的互动方法,以加强对工厂的高质量原材料供应。从这个角度来看,如果它确保原材料流量稳定地将其视为公司对公司的稳定流动,则将被视为有益。在第一轮,块农民比预计大约150毫升菠萝。通常,提供给工厂的菠萝的数量增加了29%。