completed· Food Security

Improve Financial Sustainability Through Value Addition and Marketing of Products

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