AGRI-BASED LIVELIHOODS THROUGH CO-OPERATIVES

– PROCESS TO SUSTAINABILITY

RVWRMP IINepal-Finland Cooperation

Challenges Opportunities

Capital for advanced level livelihoods

Technology requirements

Volume of production

Capital accumulation through co-operatives

Hiring technical expertsCollective production

and marketing

BACKGROUND

Innovation = adding a process not yet practiced that will more effectively help to achieve sustainability

Lessons learnt from PROCASUR: Importance of joining livelihood activities with co-operatives for better marketing opportunities and collective production

PROPOSAL

To develop a strategic action plan to link advanced level livelihood activities with co-operative for sustainability and better benefits for farmers.

OVERALL OBJECTIVE

To identify viable advanced level agri-based livelihood activities and ensure their success and sustainability by placing them under the operation and management of co-operatives.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

1) To select advanced level livelihood undertakings through a screening process

2) To build the technical capacity of farmers/co-operative members

3) To enhance the capacity of co-operative

4) To develop market linkage for the products

BENEFICIARIES & PARTNERS

Target groupsFarmers of Kuwakot VDC (Baitadi, Far West)Kuwakot Agriculture Co-operative Ltd.

PartnersCo-operativesRVWRMPCSIDB, DADO, DCOExternal resource personsPROCASUR

ACTIVITIES

RVWRMP_IP Activities 21.9.2013.xlsx

In addition, several on-going livelihood related activities will support the realization of the plan.

Human Financial

- external resource persons

- exposure visit groups/businesses

- DADO, CSIDB, DCO- Co-operatives- RVWRMP

RVWRMP_IP Budget 21.9.2013.xlsx

RESOURCES

SUSTAINABILITY

Policy Support of the GoNImplementation of Sustainability Measures

in Co-operativeInstitutional Support to Co-operative and

Livelihood Development by stakeholders

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