| Farming in the 3rd world, every humanitarians dream. | | | | Few qualified service people. New parts, expensive. |
| Employ the poor, sell to the poor for cheaper prices, | | | | Used parts, expensive and used. Equipment such as |
| save the world in a nutshell. It seems so easy, | | | | machete, rake, shovel, water hose do not fall into this |
| especially when coming from a western world mind | | | | category. |
| set, you would think at least. Sorry to break everyone | | | | 4. Department misleading advice |
| out there's dreams, but it may not be as easy as | | | | In the 3rd world country we are using as our example, |
| thought. | | | | most government run positions are politically placed. |
| We will attempt to outline some of the difficulties | | | | Therefore to be an agricultural engineer, you don't |
| faced when preparing a medium scale farming | | | | necessarily have to know too much about agriculture, |
| operation in the 3rd world. | | | | if your uncle is a well placed politician, and you want |
| 1. Shortage of water | | | | the job, you're a shoe in. It is supposed that advice |
| Without water, very few vegetables/fruits will grow. | | | | from the ministry is free and useful, however you |
| Unless you have a reliable, cost effective source, you | | | | almost always need to grease someones palm, and |
| will struggle. Water in the 3rd world is also quite | | | | the advice itself is poor. |
| expensive, specially when used in grand quantities. | | | | 5. Difficulty in selling merchandise |
| 2. Unskilled labor | | | | Unorganized market places, inconsistent availability, the |
| You don't need to be a rocket scientist to plow land, | | | | threat of storms...extremely high cost of obtaining |
| clear weeds, water plants etc. or do you? Aimless | | | | certification for exportation to USA or Europe. Little or |
| laborers, slogging out a day under the sun in order to | | | | no refrigeration facility leading to high perishment. |
| receive a meager wage don't often care too much | | | | 6. Stealing |
| about the end product. This kind of labor also leads to | | | | High crime rate areas will provide a plethora of thieves, |
| the damaging or misuse of farm equipment and | | | | low crime rate areas will bring those thieves also, and |
| machinery. | | | | also convert hungry poor people into thieves |
| 3. Substandard machinery | | | | These 6 points probably do not cover all the difficulties, |
| Brand new machinery, expensive and hard to come | | | | but it's a place to start. |
| by. Used machinery, in bad condition and expensive. | | | | |