Winrock International
Putting 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
empower the disadvantaged,
increase economic opportunity,
and sustain natural resources.
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A Global Presence
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Current as of 2010
Winrock Approach to
Increased Economic Opportunities
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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 Linkages
Producers - 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 approach
literacy, 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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…that feed into large collection centers
Kaprokot, Salyan empty
and on market day
Kapurkot, Salyan District collects vegetables twice a week that go to Butwal, Nepalgunj,
Kathmandu
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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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Private Sector Extension Services
Local Service Providers are field-based providing
mobile trainings and extension services to remote and
vulnerable smallholders
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Local Service Providers
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Major Accomplishments:
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
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Selected Lessons Learned
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
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