Twc Final Presentation

Chua Yong Sheng

Gabriel Yee Qi Ming

Gao Zhi Fan

Radiah Rasol

Stack Up Those Potatoes

Tang Lei

Qin Hao

Wang Sha

Our website

A collation of our research and

experience

tinyurl.com/TWCpotatoes

tinyurl.com/TWCpotatoes2

160km overland trip to MalaysiaFeasibility of Prototype Talked to Mr Ng, a gardening centre owner

and sweet potato farmer

Confirmed feasibility of our plan

Told us good soil quality is not needed

160km overland trip to MalaysiaUnderstanding the conditions

Difficult to find land that is being

sold

Little wide open space

Plenty of small open areas

160km overland trip to MalaysiaDeploying the prototype

Engaged farmer and gave lessons

Had farmer and wife work with us

Built a 2x1 m plot with soil used for

mixing concrete

30km boat trip to Batam

Meeting up with Yayasan

Citramas

Nico, our guide in Batam

Kun, another guide with

connections to farmers

30km boat trip to Batam

Understanding our audience

Visited a farm to learn some

agricultural practices

Understand problems that farmers

face

30km boat trip to Batam

Understanding Kampung Teri Soil is only suitable for tropical fruit trees

for mangoes, banana, papayas, etc.

Too poor to buy the seeds for mango trees

Monkeys eat fruit from trees, especially

bananas

30km boat trip to Batam

Solution

Sweet Potatoes is just a temporary solution

for the problem of poverty

Money earned from potato will fund the

purchase of fruit trees

Kampung Teri has 5 Ha of unused land

Best fruit tree is the mango tree

30km boat trip to Batam

Finances:

Period to first harvest:

Mango: 5 years

Sweet Potatoes: 100 days

Space needed:

Mango: 5 x 5 m

Sweet Potatoes: 2 x 2 m (natural)

1 x 1 m (our method)

30km boat trip to Batam

Finances:

Annual Returns per 5 x 5 m plot:

Mango: 300kg x 3 harvest = 1200 kg

Sweet Potato: 4kg x 5 x 5 x 3 harvest = 300 kg

Annual Income:

Mango: 1200 x 4000 =

4800000 Rp

Sweet Potato: 300 x 1500 = 450000 Rp

30km boat trip to Batam

Finance Goal

Short term Goal : Growing Sweet Potatoes

instead of Mango

Mid term Goal : Use the money from Sweet

Potatoes to grow Mango which have a longer

harvest period but higher return.

Long term Goal: Grow mango on the 5 hectares

land area.

30km boat trip to Batam

Step 3

Harvest and sell $$$$$$$$

Step 2

Purchase fruit seeds (Mango)

Market Price =50,000 Rp/sack

Step 1

Plant sweet potatoes Selling Price =1,500 Rp/kg

30km boat trip to Batam

Business Plan

The project is open to all Kampung Turi

residents

Can start the project anytime

Additional source of income

Can upgrade to higher value vegetable and

fruit

Can improve life standard in the future

30km boat trip to Batam

Ultimately, we would like to bring this

project to any undeveloped area and help

the less fortunate people get out of

poverty

Stack Up Those Potatoes

Why support our plan?

Low start up cost

Mr Ng will supply for free

Can use recycled pallets, tires or plastic

pipes

Small start to eradicating poverty

Extra income can be used to “upgrade”

to better fruit trees

Eventually, the higher value fruit trees

will bring them out of poverty

Stack Up Those Potatoes

Original, Creative and

Innovative?

New use for “unwanted” items

Using unused land to generate

income

Our plan is easy to modify, whether

in Malaysia and Batam

We’re not just providing plants, we

providing a business strategy!

Engaging our audience

Malaysia:

Taught and built 1 structure

2 to 3 other neighbors who are “copying”

Engaging our audience

Batam:

Working with Yayasan Citramas and

Kampung Teri

Village leader and several other villagers

are eager to get started

After this semester…

Batam:

Going back to Batam with materials and

sweet potato vines

Experiment with marcotting on mango

trees

If successful, will allow us to bypass the

need to buy mango trees

Our 3 week-old potato plant!