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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!