IMPLEMENTATION MANAGEMENT
Foundations for Farming (Conservation Agriculture)
Implementation Management
Proverbs 3:5 “….acknowledge Him in all your ways and He will make your paths straight”
Taking the first step: This takes FAITH!
• - Ploughing been practiced for generations • - Huge resisance to change • - Stigma
• - Satan will continue to try to get us to fail, because poverty keeps people far from God.
Way out of poverty- Make a profit! • - Must impliment the theory to turn a profit. • - Principals of profit making which apply to all walks of life and business.
1. On Time 2. At Standard 3. Without Wastage 4. With JOY
CA Principles • • • •
1. Minimum Soil Disturbance, No Ploughing 2. Mulching, No Burning 3. Rotations 4. High Management
ON TIME • - God always on time • - Lateness is really just selfishness! • - Rev. 21 v 6 “ It is done, I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end” • - Ecclesiates 3v1-10 “Everything has it’s time” • - We can use time to glorify God or just waste it!
The Lord’s Perfect Timing! 365 days
24 hours 21 June Solstice
30¼ days
Sun 22 December – the longest day
March - Equinox
ON TIME • - Critical planting dates • - Maximise use of what God gives us – heat units, daylight hours, rainfall • - Planting Late = dramatic loss of yield
Yield Reduction due to being late.
tons/ha
Crop Yields based on Sowing date 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Aug-08 Sep-08 Oct-08 Nov-08 Dec-08 Jan-09 Feb-09 Mar-09 date
Use God’s time wisely! • - - Time is a resource from God. –We can’t get it back once it has gone. • - Time is the ultimate democracy – Equal and limited!
PLAN AHEAD • - Planing is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now. • - Prioritise what He would have you do first. • - Balance your time.
AT STANDARD
“God saw that it was good” (Genesis 1v28-31)
God’s Standard is Excellence. • - Attention to detail - “Small foxes destroy harvest (Song of Solomon 2v15) • - Do everything well the first time • - Going the Extra mile (Matt 5v41) • - Raised standards give self worth to the poor with the poor giving of themselves in return.
AT STANDARD. • - High standards bring hope! • - Prov. 12v24 “the hand of the diligent will rule”
AT STANDARD (Cont.) • Wholeheartedness is just another form of faithfulness • High standards bring Glory to God. (1 Cor 10v31)
WITHOUT WASTAGE • - No wastage in creation. - Recycling • - Jesus was not wasteful - Matt 14v20 • - No wastage of – time - energy - water - soil - yield -opportunity • - Satan – the ultimate waster! (John10v10)
WITH JOY (a natural consequence) • - Neh 8v10 - “the JOY of the Lord is my strength” • - Psalm 19v8 -“The precepts of the Lord are right, giving JOY to the heart” • - Deut 16v15 – “ For the lord you God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your JOY will be complete.” • - Isaiah 12v3 – “With JOY you will draw water from the wells of salvation!” • - Releasing potential
Mr Amon Samu – A faithful steward! (78 years old)
Amon’s Season
July- Protect Mulch
August – Holing out
September – Lands prepared and weed free!
October - Fertilisation
November – Planting!
November – Covering Seed
Hoeing Small Weeds
Hunting the weeds!
Emergence
Knee High- Top dress
Proverbs 12v24 - “the hand of the diligent will rule�
God’s Blanket in place and continually weed free (even after harvest!)
“He who works the land will have abundant food” – Proverbs 28v19