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Winrock InternationalPutting Ideas to Work
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Winrock International
is a nonprofit organization that works with
people in the United States and around the world
to empower the disadvantaged,
increase economic opportunity,
and sustain natural resources.
www.winrock.org
A Global Presence
Current as of 2010
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Winrock Approach to Increased Economic Opportunities
• Capacity Building for Organizations and Individuals• Enterprise and Agricultural Development • Enhance Markets and Develop Products• Entrepreneurial Skills Development• Strategies on Investment, Trade and Finance• Alternative Energy & Natural Resource Management• Improved Production Technologies & Value-added
processing
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Value Chain General Definition
• Strengthen Mutually Beneficial LinkagesProducers - Distributors – Processors -Wholesalers/Retailers
• Market Opportunities
• Trust
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Value Chain - Key Concepts
• Win-Win Relationships
• Upgrading
• Innovation
• Added Value
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Value Chain Development
Positive or Desired Change
•Income & Employment Generation•Economic Growth•Poverty Reduction•Environmental Performance•Gender Equity
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Youth in the Agriculture Value Chain
Youth Enterprise Development
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The Purpose of This Presentation
• Sharing Experiences
• Economic Opportunities using Agriculture Value Chains
• Rural Areas
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GOALS
Increase or Improve:
• Income
• Household Resiliency
• Gender Equity
• Reduce Outmigration
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Target Population
Marginalized youth:– Vulnerable and disadvantaged
youth– Women– Dalits– 16 – 30 years– Ethnic, linguistic and religious- Conflict affected
Remote rural areas
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Approach
1.Integrated, entrepreneurial literacy
2.Agriculture skills development
3.Entrepreneurial training for off farm employment
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1. Entrepreneurial Literacy
• 10 month class
• Primarily women
• Integrated approachliteracy, numeracy, how to use government services, HIV/Aids awareness, how to start a business, revenues, profit, loss, how to access credit
• Tied to income generation
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1. Entrepreneurial Literacy
• More than 30,000 youth completed training
• 70% went on to technical skills development-mostly were in agriculture
• Huge demand because people saw the benefits
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2. Agriculture Production
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2.Agriculture Production
• Market Driven • Aggregate farmers• Technical training in high-value commodity
production• Introduced technologies• Linkages: producers-input suppliers-markets
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3. Rural Employment
• Identified points along value chain
• Provided entrepreneurial training for Agro-vets Local Service Providers Traders Vendors Water harvesters
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Strengthened VC and Employment Opportunities
• Simultaneously built value chain and linked farmers, traders
• Oriented farmers toward markets
• Created demand for inputs
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Strengthen Delivery Systems using demand driven commercial approach
• Establish system of private sector input suppliers and extension agents
• Community-managed collection centers• Create and strengthen linkages along the VC to access
market• Partnerships with local government
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Establish Local Collection
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Kaprokot, Salyan empty and on market day
Kapurkot, Salyan District collects vegetables twice a week that go to Butwal, Nepalgunj, Kathmandu
…that feed into large collection centers
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Input suppliers crucial for vulnerable small holders
• Enterprises improve farmers’ access to quality inputs and extension agriculture advice;• Eliminates culture of ‘handouts’ and dependency;• Creates jobs along the value chain
Agro-vets provide knowledge and linkages to producers through trained
Local Service Providers
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Local Service Providers are field-based providing mobile trainings and extension services to remote and
vulnerable smallholders
Private Sector Extension Services
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Local Service Providers
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1. Established agriculture value chains
2. Improved the lives and food security of over 54,000 disadvantaged including 12,500 remote households
3. Increased income on average by 236%
4. Strong coordination with GoN
5. Network of Local Service Providers
6. Develop Linkages
• Farmers
• Input suppliers
• Output traders
Major Accomplishments:
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1. Linking producers to input suppliers and output markets
2. Market driven approach is sustainable
3. Local Service Providers - effective link
4. Government involvement and stakeholder meetings insure sustainability
5. Improved production improves family nutrition
6. Entrepreneurial literacy linked to AG/VC training
Selected Lessons Learned
