The FarmTreeTool helps small farmers and investors with a quantitative analysis of agroforestry systems. With this simple-to-use modeling tool, large groups of farmers can make simple business plans to develop their land into agroforestry-based enterprises and gain access to medium-term loans.

1. © Partners for Innovation
PfI’s FarmTreeTool records Plot Development
« Everybody Can Grow Trees and Earn »
Frank van Schoubroeck Ph.D.;
f.van.schoubroeck@partnersforinnovation.com
15 December, 2014

2. PfI works on Agroforestry:
“Everybody Can Grow Trees
and Earn”
>EVERYBODY => Smallholders, Men,
Women, Youth, Pastoralists, Urban
people, Companies
>CAN GROW TREES => each group, has
opportunities to care for trees
>AND EARN => People as an individual
should benefit from growing trees

3. Everybody can grow trees and earn
• ALL work for home consumption + markets
• As a general rule: More People, More Trees
Women prefer Agroforestry-
Horticulture Gardens
Men, Youth prefer
wood lots, live fences
Pastoralists prefer
systems with-animals

4. For example: Mali – Farmers manage Agroforestry Gardens. BUT have
weak market linkages, and no credit options; so gardens are static

5. Some farmers manage to develop their
Agroforestry gardens into vibrant
enterprises
Subsistence Make money More money

6. Business Planning will allow farmers to invest in
productive sustainable Agroforestry Gardens
>Existing loan schemes are short-term
>With guarantees Credit Institutions might develop longer-term
schemes
>Islamic Loans allow for longer term joint investor-entrepreneur
linkages

7. The Business Model Canvas
helps to design Agroforestry-
based Enterprises
http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/

8. http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/
*The Business Model Canvas organises
QUALITATIVE and QUANTITATIVE aspects
The FarmTreeTool documents QUANTITATIVE
aspects
Feasibility Studies document QUALITATIVE
aspects

9. The FarmTreeTool is an Agroforestry
Business Planning procedure
>Through five steps, the tool underpins mixed
economic-subsistence Enterprise Development Plans
Data
Input
Data
Base
Planning
Options
Calcula-
tions
Out-
put

10. FarmTreeTool specifications
>Requirements:
• Must work online AND offline
• Must run on every computer
• Must be an improvement over Excel-sheet
>Our tool can do this and more!

11. Vision
Regional
Data Set
Farm Plans PfI Services Cases About
Welcome
The FarmTreeTool helps Men, Women, Young
Entrepreneurs to assess the balance of
investments and benefits from Agroforestry-
Based Enterprises
After creating a Regional Data Set, you can
develop Farm Plans that allow smallholder
farmers to develop a “best mix” of trees,
crops and animals and apply for loans for
investments
The FarmTreeTool – Home Page
Everybody Can Grow Trees and Earn

12. *The FarmTreeTool works with a two-step
data entry that lead to a Business Plan
Data
Input
Data
Base
Planning
Options
Calcula-
tions
Out-
put
• Then: design a Farm Enterprise
by selecting Production Options
• First: enter Agroforestry
Systems data – Investments
(planting, harvesting) and
Benefits (consumption, sale)
• Last: generate a Business Plan for
individuals with an Agroforestry-
Based Enterprise
• Next: describe an existing Farm by
selecting Existing Production

13. The FarmTreeTool Regional Data Set consists
of agronomic, social and market data
>Step 1: Agronomists collect data at Regional Level
Out-
put
Calcula-
tions
Farm ID &
Planning
Options
Regional
Data Set
Data
Input
• Trees, crops, animals – Initial, Recurrent Investments in techniques,
labour, monetised; Production in volume, monetised
• Labour: men, women, specialist – time, monetised
• Technology & Processing – Monetised
• Prices of Products

14. Vision
Regional
Data Set
Farm ID and
Plans
PfI Services Cases About
Create Regional Data Set
Create Economic Regime
Trees
Crops
Animals
Labour
Technology
Processing
Market Prices
*The FarmTreeTool
Everybody Can Grow Trees and Earn

15. The FarmTreeTool has a DATABASE
specific per Agro-Ecological Region
>Data Base for storage and retrieval of data – based on
an on-line system
Out-
put
Calcula-
tions
Farm ID &
Planning
Options
Regional
Data Set
Data
Input
Storage & Retrieval data

16. The Regional Data Set allows entrepreneurs
to CHOOSE production options
>Entrepreneurs indicate their EXISTING enterprise and
and outline a DESIRED way to expand production
Out-
put
Calcula-
tions
Farm ID &
Planning
Options
Regional
Data Set
Data
Input
Entrepreneurs select production options
• Choice of trees/crops/animals /
processing activities / labour services
/ Technology to boost production
Farmers indicate their Identity
• Plot location, size; Family composition,
men, women, youth labour available
• Present trees/crops/animals / processing
activities / labour / Technology

17. Vision
Regional
Data Sets
Enterprise
Plans
PfI Services Cases About
Create Family Enterprise Plan
Select Farm Profile Enterprise Plan
Create Family Profile
Print … Plot Plot
Trees Trees
Crops Crops
Animals Animals
Technology Technology
Processing Processing
*The FarmTreeTool
Everybody Can Grow Trees and Earn

18. Entrepreneur Options allow the FarmTreeTool
to calculate in-kind and monetised time series
>The FarmTreeTool aggregating protocol transforms
data categories into cost/return TIME SERIES for
entreprise-level balances
Data
Input
Data
Base
Planning
Options
Calcula-
tions
Out-
put
Time Series Calculations consist of
• Existing capital
• Inital investments in labour, money
• Recurrent investments month-wise for two years; year-wise for year 3-40
• Yields, monetised yields, biodiversity / employment / carbon / etc.
• Addition across categories Investments, Trees/Crops/Animals, Labour

19. The FarmTreeTool provides summarised
investment & production data – for the
REGION and for Enterprises
>The FarmTreeTool presents (1) general DATABASE key
data; combined into (2) individual Enterprise Business
Plan + socio-economic situation
Data
Input
Data
Base
Planning
Options
Calcula-
tions
Out-
put
Outputs consist of
• Input: Database content - Location
• Input: Individual entrepreneurs’ choices on investment & production
• Calculations: economic indicators per enterprise
• Individual Enterprise Business Plan – in combination with qualitative information

20. Example Database Output: Analysis of the
tree species of Mr Keita, Kita, Mali
-4,000
-2,000
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Bilan par arbre spec par ha: FCFA '000
Mangier (non greffé)
Mangier (greffé)
Papaya
Oranger
Guavier
Baobab feuilles

21. Example: AFJ Garden of Dogondoutchi
in Niger

22. Example: output: economic indicators
XOF -15,000.00
XOF -10,000.00
XOF -5,000.00
XOF 0.00
XOF 5,000.00
XOF 10,000.00
XOF 15,000.00
2012
Jan-13
Feb-13
Mar-13
Apr-13
May-13
Jun-13
Jul-13
Aug-13
Sep-13
Oct-13
Nov-13
Dec-13
Jan-14
Feb-14
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Oct-14
Nov-14
Dec-14
Jan-15
Feb-15
Mar-15
Apr-15
May-15
Jun-15
Jul-15
Aug-15
Sep-15
Oct-15
Nov-15
Dec-15
CumulativeCashFlow(1000XOF)
Month - Year
Cumulative Balance (3 years)
Valley of Death
Initial
investment
Set-up &
Growing
Successful
product
Payback Period,
Operational
Successful
Business

23. The FarmTreeTool
Everybody Can Grow Trees and Earn
Contact us to learn more:
Partners for Innovation (Amsterdam Office)
T: +31 (0)20 620 05 11
Or send an e-mail to our expert
Frank van Schoubroeck Ph.D.
f.van.schoubroeck [ at ]
partnersforinnovation.com