Stichting Agriterra

All trainings and events that are involving more than one client in Nepal in 2020.

Mapping of potential new clients the assessment of potential new clients and conducting audit services for clients in Nepal in 2020.

Project ActivitiesP.1BusinessMapping of 100 commercial vegetable farmers and market mapping by Nepali studentUnderstand the supply side of vegetables from commercial farmer membersP.2BusinessOne day presentation of the results from P.1Understand the current scenario of vegetable supply and demandP.3Organisational DevelopmentMid-project ReviewUpdated on the progress and challenges faced by the cooperativeP.4BusinessExchange visit to Aadhunik Agricultural Cooperative Limited KathmanduLearn the business model of AACLP.5Financial managementSubmit Financial Audit Report of Nepalese Fiscal Year and discuss it with AgriterraIdentified the improvements and challenges in the business compared to the previous year

Interaction program with member cooperatives for the purpose of fund raising to establish a federation retail outlet and widening the product range. Sufficient funds raised to establish a retail outlet in primary location where member cooperatives products are sold Selection of 5 new cooperative for product diversification of the farmers as per OVOP model 5 different product will be introduced to the market which is expected to cover operational cost of federation from 2020 onwards SFACFL Makwanpur retail outlet establishment in central area of market Easy acccess of cooperative members to market and shorten the value chain Reveiw market strategy and business plan of DACF shop based on experience to 2018 Developed clear understanding of the market supply and demand Interaction program with producer farmer for supply of commodities to be introduced in retail outlet Secure the supply of commodities from the farmers. Promotional activities and advertisement for the current portfolio of products Better information dissemination to the consumers leading to awareness about the products offered by the federation via retail outlet Evaluation of the 1 year action plan Updated with the progress reached yet so far Purchase seed extraction machine for killing chilly Facilitation on Commercial production chilly seeds Interaction program in target markets identified during the business planning session in 2018 for seed marketing Broaden the seed market at National level Seed marketing and promotion activities (coordination with P.6) Improve sales and seed business Conduct feedback and crop performance survey (Baseline and endline survey) Yeilds and performance of crop anaysis to be used for marketing of the seeds Contact NARC for certification of vegetable seeds if possible. Implementation due November 2019 certification of seed business DSA to Manager (Interation with cooperative members/farmers to ensure follow-up of the advise provided by expert and secure supply of the improved seeds) Successful implementation of program Assist in purchase of packing of materials for seed to 3 cooperatives Facilitation in selection of packing materials Make the portable pouch sealer available for use by the cooperatives for packing samples Availability of sealing machine all coops Follow up and field visit by JTA (6-8 month) Support to the farmers to implement the advisory support provided by expert from ENZA

2019:Agriterra conducted cooperative assessment in SCCU on November 2018. The CA concluded that SCCU should focus more on the business vision and financial planning to reach the goal of 50 MT by 2021. As concluded by CA the action plan for 2019 will focus on production planning and financial planning to formalize the data with an aim to increase sales to 16 MT to meet the increasing demand of coffee in the international market and domestic market. 2020:Agriterra conducted cooperative assessment in SCCU on November 2018. The CA concluded that SCCU should focus more on the business vision financial planning and marketing to reach the goal of 50 MT by 2021. SCCU developed 3 years business plan with the support of Agripool expert. The business plan is focused on improving production internal capitalization market development. As stated in the business plan the action plan will focus on increasing production to 12000 kgs of green beans (60000 kgs of red cherry) promotion and sale of coffee in domestic and international market and increasing internal capital of Union to 1 million.

Agriterra together with RLRFC in 2019 will focus on finding new market for the Rupa Lake fish and also on diversifying their products. The target for 2019 is to sell 10000 kgs of fish with branding and packaging. RLRFC will focus on the pilot delivery of branded and cleaned fish to high-end restaurants for 2020. The target for 2020 is to sell at least 10000 kg of fish with branding and packaging.