I was sitting in the bus listening to one of our friends telling us about a situation she had back at home.
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Her adopted daughter had fallen pregnant by her boyfriend. A very common situation in PNG.
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So they packed her things and took her in their vehicle to her boyfriend's place. Over there they happen to find out that the boyfriend is "unemployed". I usually get pissed with girls who give themselves to unemployed boys. What kind of future do you want??? But its none of my business right? Wrong. Its every body's business to speak up so girls can start using their coconuts.
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Anyway, the boy happens to be from Rigo. So according to her mother, the solution was simple... Put them on the next plane to Port Moresby and they can go live in the village. Money is in the village. The boy can go fishing and feed his family. Sounds easy. But its not. And that is the point in this article.
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The Purpose of this Article is to highlight a subject that is worth discussion: How Will You Survive in the Village???
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What are some survival skills you need to have to make it through the first 6 months in the village? How much money can sustain you in the first 6 months? What are the 5 main agricultural crops will you plant that will be harvested within that 6 months? What tools will you need? Do you have enough land and seeds to sustain your family? What Business will you establish? How much capital and resources do you need to start?
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These are some of the main questions each one of us must answer. If all the answers are clear in our head and we have budgeted for the resources then we should do fine.
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My parents have a great 10 years experience they can always share on how they came to Munum Village and established themselves. The struggles were real. The decisions were critical. And by God's grace I am here now and ready to establish my Organics Company on the foundation they built.
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I know many will retire and go back to the village, typically thinking of buying a PMV and building a trade store. If you are a Public Servant with more than 30 years in service to your country, have you ever thought about starting an Organic Agriculture Company? Here's a tip...
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When extreme floods hit Baimuru a few years back, do you know what the Government sent???
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RICE, FLOUR and OIL.
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That's right. Not Coffee, not Cocoa and not Copra.
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When droughts hit the highlands region, did they survive off their coffee gardens?
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In the morning people eat rice or flour, at lunch time they might probably eat a pie, doughnut, fish flour, sausage flour, flour balls, cakes, scones, almost something made of flour.
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So have you ever thought about tapping into the rice and flour industry???
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I will. I definitely will. In fact, I have already started rice farming and flour will be next. So if you are with me to export Organic Rice & Flour across the country and across the world, consider this as your retirement package.
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The start up capital is small. Tools required are the basics. Labour don't need to be highly skilled and you can start almost immediately.
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Now going back to the story at the opening onset, remember, the girls parents thought sending the girl to the village was a simple and quick fix to a common social problem. And i'm assuming that's what a lot of City Dwellers and the Working Class think. But just as you can see from our little field trip, there is a lot of Time, Thinking, Strategic Planning and Resourcing just to build a foundation. But if you strike a great Agricultural concept, you will do great.
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Remember, there is so much uncultivated land in your backyard and back at home in your village. Don't think Farming is only for Agriculturalists, its for anybody who has uncultivated land around their house.
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There is a common belief that "Agriculture is for losers". It has been reinforced by parents, especially City Dwelling parents. They threaten their kids by saying, "Sapos yu no skul gut na yu fail, bai mi salim yu go back lo ples na wok garden." My dad used something similar while I was growing up in Pom saying we'd come back to the village and climb coconuts for the rest of our lives.
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The Threat worked for our short term goal of doing well in school but it gave us the wrong impression that farming was only for failures.
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So here's a quick fix: Tell yourself and your kids, the first ever and original Gardener, was God. He intended for Adam and Eve to multiply and create more copies of his prototype. Eventually the whole planet will become a Global Paradise. And each of us will be managing our section of Garden Eden. So you and your kids should start working on your section of Garden Eden. Start this year.
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If you really want to be financially free and rich, go back to the village, and convert all that uncultivated land into rice and wheat farms.
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So if you are going back to the village. Consider the things you have read in this article. And may God Bless you, for returning to the Original Project he started for us and gave us to manage. - Via Garamut News.
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