active · Climate
Upscaling packaged tea export sales
Tinjure Tea Farmers Cooperative Society Ltd. is a tea farmers primary cooperative (PC) with 245 members (33% women) located in Tinjure village, Ilam district. The organization is specialized in the collection, processing, and marketing of the fresh tea produced by their small-scale member farmers. Tinjure was founded in 1994 and is the oldest tea cooperative in the country. It has a small processing factory with a maximum capacity of 800 kg per day. In September 2016 Tinjure and the Dutch tea buyer Maas International expressed their interest to start an export program where Tinjure under the support of Agriterra and CTCF would export packaged 2-gram tea bags to the Netherlands. In 2016 and 2017 major progress was booked in realizing the ambition, such as Rainforest certification, construction of tea packaging room, import of all machinery and packaging materials, packaging staff (all women) trained, test packaging and shipment of 138 kg tea, and further professionalization of the organization in terms of financial management and business planning. Early 2018 the product will be officially launched and be for sale in the Netherlands. It is expected that the total demand in 2018 will increase to 220 kg packaged tea. Therefore, the 2018 Action Plan will further focus on facilitating this growth in terms of organizational capacity, and export handling. In 2017 Tinjure also for the first time in several years made a profit on the overall business of 1.5 Million NPR. The goals for 2018 is to see a further increase to at least 1 million NPR. Therefore, the total capacity of the factory need to be utilized to a larger extend (from current average of 107 kg per day to a minimum of 200 kg per day) and that requires the buying of more fresh tea leaves from the members. In the financial year 2016-2017 the total fresh tea leave intake was 27.868 kg and this is expected to rise to 48.000 kg in 2017-2018. To increase tea leave intake, the cooperative needs a working capital loan of 1 million NPR in order to pay the farmers on time. The projects contract period will be from January 1 to 31 December,2018. The activities in the project will contribute on increasing tea export. Firstly, the financial budget will be prepared for 2018 to know the tentative expenditure in the yearly activities. There will be continuous support in paying salary to account and field supervisor which will contribute on making financial data and services to the members up to date. Moreover the activities will focus on RFA standardization training and finding local resources for packaging of tea. The goals of this project are as below Export of 220 kgs. of packaged tea to the NetherlandsIncrease in profit of cooperative by 1 million Maximize the average production of product from its current average of 107 kgs to 200 kgs. Increase in leave intake from its current intake of 27.868 kg to 48.000 kgRealization of 1 million NPR working capital for making payment to its members.
Overview
About this project
Tinjure Tea Farmers Cooperative Society Ltd. is a tea farmers primary cooperative (PC) with 245 members (33% women) located in Tinjure village, Ilam district. The organization is specialized in the collection, processing, and marketing of the fresh tea produced by their small-scale member farmers. Tinjure was founded in 1994 and is the oldest tea cooperative in the country. It has a small processing factory with a maximum capacity of 800 kg per day. In September 2016 Tinjure and the Dutch tea buyer Maas International expressed their interest to start an export program where Tinjure under the support of Agriterra and CTCF would export packaged 2-gram tea bags to the Netherlands. In 2016 and 2017 major progress was booked in realizing the ambition, such as Rainforest certification, construction of tea packaging room, import of all machinery and packaging materials, packaging staff (all women) trained, test packaging and shipment of 138 kg tea, and further professionalization of the organization in terms of financial management and business planning. Early 2018 the product will be officially launched and be for sale in the Netherlands. It is expected that the total demand in 2018 will increase to 220 kg packaged tea. Therefore, the 2018 Action Plan will further focus on facilitating this growth in terms of organizational capacity, and export handling. In 2017 Tinjure also for the first time in several years made a profit on the overall business of 1.5 Million NPR. The goals for 2018 is to see a further increase to at least 1 million NPR. Therefore, the total capacity of the factory need to be utilized to a larger extend (from current average of 107 kg per day to a minimum of 200 kg per day) and that requires the buying of more fresh tea leaves from the members. In the financial year 2016-2017 the total fresh tea leave intake was 27.868 kg and this is expected to rise to 48.000 kg in 2017-2018. To increase tea leave intake, the cooperative needs a working capital loan of 1 million NPR in order to pay the farmers on time. The projects contract period will be from January 1 to 31 December,2018. The activities in the project will contribute on increasing tea export. Firstly, the financial budget will be prepared for 2018 to know the tentative expenditure in the yearly activities. There will be continuous support in paying salary to account and field supervisor which will contribute on making financial data and services to the members up to date. Moreover the activities will focus on RFA standardization training and finding local resources for packaging of tea. The goals of this project are as below Export of 220 kgs. of packaged tea to the NetherlandsIncrease in profit of cooperative by 1 million Maximize the average production of product from its current average of 107 kgs to 200 kgs. Increase in leave intake from its current intake of 27.868 kg to 48.000 kgRealization of 1 million NPR working capital for making payment to its members.
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