2. Christian Willemse Plastic Plant Ties to Secure Climbing Plants on Terrace Walls

3. Nepal  Population – 27 Million  Economy dominated by agriculture  20% of land cultivable  Mountains – 86%  Government focused programs to increase production

4. Proposal  Vertical farming  Terrace walls  Climbing plants  Plant ties  Reduces erosion

5. Plastoband Plastic Ties  Black Plastic Ties  Used to secure climbing plants, young trees, vines, shrubs, tomatoes, flowers, small fruit plants, etc.  UV-stabilized  Special design allows them to be easily adjusted or removed  Quick and easy

6. Plastoband Plastic Ties Cost  Sold in bags as bulk  $39.95/1000 units = 3,595R/1000 units  4/1 unit = 3.60R/1 unit  1000 units/bag  1 bag = 3.1lbs  Extremely reasonable price  Competitors higher in price

7. The Supplier  Dubois Agrinovation  A Canadian Company  Irrigation, nursery, and vineyard and orchard equipment  Manufacture own products  Locations in Quebec, Ontario  Colton Oughtred – Sales Representative

8. How Nepal Benefits  Make use of otherwise wasted land  Increase production  Increase in jobs  Put more food on the table for the farmer  Sustainability of farmland

9. How Canada Benefits  Increase in exports  Increase in jobs  Stronger ties with Nepal  New market  Further opportunities

10. Further Reading  Dubois Agrinovation. http://www.duboisag.com/enhttp://www.duboisag.com/en  Dubois Agrinovation, Black Plastic Ties – Plastoband. http://www.duboisag.com/en/black-plastics-ties-u-v-stabilized-plastoband.html http://www.duboisag.com/en/black-plastics-ties-u-v-stabilized-plastoband.html  Opportunity, democracy, and the exchange of political violence, a sub national analysis of conflict in Nepal. http://jcr.sagepub.com/content/50/1/108.shorthttp://jcr.sagepub.com/content/50/1/108.short  Transit and trade barriers in eastern south Asia: A review of the transit regime and performance of strategic border-crossings. http://www.econstor.eu/obitstream/10419/64313/1/57866495X.pdf http://www.econstor.eu/obitstream/10419/64313/1/57866495X.pdf  Trade, growth, and poverty World Bank, Development Research Group, Macroeconomics and Growth. http://users.nber.org/~wei/data/FinGlobal- F&D.pdf#page=78http://users.nber.org/~wei/data/FinGlobal- F&D.pdf#page=78  Foreign trade pattern of Nepal: Gravity model approach. http://www.nrb.org.np/ecorev/pdffiles/nrbwp201421.pdf http://www.nrb.org.np/ecorev/pdffiles/nrbwp201421.pdf  A review on soil erosion conservation measures in Nepal. http://www.peakjournals.org/Archive/pjpesr/2014/apr/pdf/PJPESR-14- 007%20Govinda%20.pdf http://www.peakjournals.org/Archive/pjpesr/2014/apr/pdf/PJPESR-14- 007%20Govinda%20.pdf

11.  Christian Willemse (cwillems@mail.uoguelph.ca)cwillems@mail.uoguelph.ca  University of Guelph  Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Manish Raizada (raizada@uoguelph.ca)raizada@uoguelph.ca  Time: 4:12  For further information: A detailed written evaluation of this export idea is posted on this website