BELFAST MINI MILL FOR EXPORT TO NEPAL

To create a mill that is more ideal for nepalese farmers, a recommendation would be to develop a smaller mill, and less expensive mill. Since most of Nepalese farming is done by hand, a machine that could provide a similar quality of product without electricity by using a hand crank or a similar manual labour source would be more ideal for this farming community. This can be seen since 6,600,000 people are without electricity and only 72% of rural areas have accessibility to electricity (CIA, 2016). Though the advantages of this system outweigh the advantages for a more manual system, this community would adjust better to a system where less electricity was used and the process is similar to what they would use currently. As well, wiring for this mill or paying for the electricity used to run this machinery would be very expensive, as it would need to be accessible to farmers.  If the mill was set up away from the farming community and towards the city where it would be easier to set up an electrical system, it would be used less, making it less profitable. In turn I still believe that Belfast Mini Mills would be the best company to execute this alternative design since they can help to create this custom machinery (Belfast Mini Mill, 2009). 

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But with the  increase of accessible technology this system could be seen as a new opportunity to modernize the farming industry in Nepal. Though a small unit would be easier to use, store, transport and set up, the area for this mill can be created if enough farmers group together to purchase this mill. An added investment if farmers were looking to modernize would be more resources, stronger electricity and ventilation systems within the working environment. In turn this can be a more attractive idea then reverting to manual machines.