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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.

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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

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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