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A bouquet of flowers can say, “I love you,” I’m sorry,” or “Get well.” If they’re Fair Trade flowers they can also say, “I care.”
Every dollar spent on Fair Trade Certified flowers supports the health and livelihood of flower industry employees – mostly women in Central and South America. Flowers that carry the Fair Trade seal have been grown with fewer pesticides than typical flowers and pregnant workers are protected from exposure to dangerous toxins.
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The enterprise and skill training programme is having a direct impact on the behavioural and managerial qualities of its beneficiaries, which is reflected by the following aspects that were observed:
• Many have imbibed the positive qualities of punctuality and professional attitude towards their entrepreneurial work.
• Team interaction among women from various villages has been strengthened.
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Agri Tourism Development Corporation
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Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
Farmers in village are engaged in farming activity through out the year. Their income from farm produce depends on good monsoon, good harvest and good marketing. It is experienced that the income from agriculture farming is only once or twice in the year, but the expenses are on weekly basis , it is very difficult for the farmer to sustain throughout the year, since the income is not sufficient.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
To make farming sustainable and feasible there was a urgent need of some experiment in additon to the traditional farming, after three years of consistent research and studies, Shri Pandurang Taware concluded that Tourism was one such experiment that will generate weekly income which can compensate weekly expenses of the farm
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Pilot Project of Agri Tourism by ATDC was made under leadership of Mr. Pandurang Taware in 2005 in Malegaon near Baramati in Maharashtra, where the Agri Tourism was demonstrated on Agriculture Development Trust’s farm. once within 2 years the pilot project became a huge success. In 2007 , ATDC launched Maharashtra State Agri Tourism Vistar Yojana 2007 where in 52 farmers were selected to start Agri-tourism centers across the entire state of Maharashtra. Similarly in 2008 – another 25 farmers were selected, thus totally 72 Agri tourism centers are operational currently in the entire state.
In the state where 80 % farmers have marginal land holdings, it was danger that these farmers may left out of the Agri tourism benefits, thus Shri Pandurang Taware suggested the route of cluster Agri tourism development under co-operative basis, thus the farmers started several agri tourism development co-operatives
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
Urban population is increasing day by day. Today, urban children’s world is restricted in the close doors of a school, home and centre around television, video game, computer, fast food and internet. Living in urban area, they have not enjoyed the beauty of Mother Nature. ATDC Agri Tourism Development Corporation, did the research in 2004, and found that 43% of urban population did not have any relative left in the village. 97% of urban population wants to experience the rustic beauty of village life.
there is no organization addressing this need , and hence cannot comment on this .
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What solution(s) does your initiative address to help emerging entrepreneurs and small businesses grow and thrive in underserved communities? (select all applicable)
Access to financing, Access to talent, Access to economic opportunity.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
The farmers from the state of Maharashtra who have started operating the agri tourism centers, have increased income by 33% by the way of agri tourism, and also , generated 3 full time employment in the house at the village level itself . thus it has helped to lessen the rural - urban migration , and raised the self esteem amongst the farmers
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
The agri tourism project impact is good, now there are almost 300 agri tourism operational in the state and more important 20 district collectors have recently taken the training for agri tourism and hence it will implemented in the state of Bihar as well.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
we have established the training institute at our agri tourism center baramati , in dist of pune , there we need funds to sustain.
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任务 1
make our baramati agri & rural tourism training , research , and development center sustainable
任务 2
train at least 300 farmers more to start agri tourism center in maharashtra
任务 3
promote agri tourism concept as more green and responsible tourism options for urban citizens of India.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
任务 1
to make minimum of 25 agri tourism center operational
任务 2
train at least 1000 farmers more to start agri tourism center in maharashtra
任务 3
promote agri tourism concept as more green and responsible tourism options for urban citizens of India.
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
ATDC : Founded in 2005 by Pandurang Taware ,entrepreneur and descendant of a farming community, Agri Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC) is a company that facilitates agricultural tourism in the Indian state of Maharashtra. With a stagnating Indian agricultural industry, farmers across Maharashtra are looking at agri-tourism as a means of diversifying business opportunities and securing a viable livelihood.
Following a phase of research and an initial pilot programme in the village of Baramati in 2005, ATDC now has 500 trained farmers and 130 agri-tourism locations across the state of Maharashtra. Since the inception of the programme, farmers across the state have experienced a 25% growth in their income.
ATDC offers farmers agri-tourism training programmes which equip them with the technical knowledge they need to diversify their products and establish small-holding tourism ventures. advocates a policy of employing local youth in its agri-tourism centres.
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JANATA SAHAKARI BANK ,
GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
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Our overall mission as a network is to improve the sustainable livelihoods of African producers through partnerships that advocate for Fair Trade. COFTA therefore strives to strengthen its members' capacity to benefit from global markets by assisting them to develop quality products and providing them with market access support through shared efforts and resources within the principles and structures of Fair Trade.
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The organization was established for the purpose of facilitating Micro-finance Institutions, MSME & SME’s
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Centralian Consulting Foundation, Takoradi, Ghana
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Cost, Quality.
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
In many developing countries such as Ghana the vast scale and rate of the informal sector presents a dilemma and a challenge for Governments, Social Partners and the Civil Society alike. The informal sector encompasses employment situations which not only differ from those in the formal sector, but also infringe upon established rules and laws. A challenge, as it absorbs a large and growing fraction of the labour force and provides a “safety net” for the poor, finding themselves excluded from formal employment and income opportunities. . Access is particularly low for rural people and in certain parts of the country. Needs for Credit access are mostly urgent among micro and small rural entrepreneurs, many of whom are women.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
My mission is to enhance the advancement and empowerment of women in the informal sector through the provision of Savings and Credit facilities and other technical support especially giving direct financial service through Saving Mobilization and Granting of Credit/Loans to marginalized women, groups particularly women in small-scale business.• To motivate marginalized groups, women to have access to the much needed credit and cash to enable them improve upon their productive capabilities their various enterprises for sustainable development.
My clientele consists of small sale women entrepreneurs’ majority of who engage in small sale enterprises such as agriculture, food-processing, marketing among others like “Makola Women/Traders” fishmongers, bakers.
The client becomes eligible to apply for a Loan after saving regularly for at least six months after satisfying all lending requirements minimum and maximum Loan maturity period ranges from 3 months to 12 months respectively
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Organizing programs as detailed below:
• Close targeting of the most needy borrowers
• Decentralizing loan delivery and management systems through intermediary institutions or parallel banking system
• Group formation to ensure financial discipline and
• Support systems to enhance productivity
Offering primarily short-term working capital loans
• Having a turnaround time for loan approval of less than 2 weeks
• Providing services close to borrowers home or work
• Charging interest rates significantly above rate of inflation and
• Having lower salary levels than financially less viable programs
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
My peers and competitors in the market are Women World Banking;Ghana Mutual Assistance Susu Limited {SUSU} under the Non Financial Banking Institutions {NBFI} PNDL.328;Rural Banks and Non financial Institutions
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As an Expert in the adoption of small scale enterprises I observed that Micro enterprises have been seen as having particularly advantages for women: e.g. their flexibility and location in or near women’s homes, ease of entry and links with the local markets. Supporting their entrepreneurship is seen as having important “trickle down” effects on wider poverty alleviation and gender equality. Female entrepreneurs have been given particular characteristics developed partly as strategies to overcome economic and other discriminations
• The use and investment in social networks
• A greater reluctance to take risks; and
• A tendency to diversify in order to minimize risks
With the growing role of female micro enterprise {informal sector} women will need to rely on the success of these strategies looking at the constraints they face and I chose to see this solution as a potential to change the world
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
This Project seeks to promote growth and reduce poverty in Ghana amongst rural women, broadening financial mediation in the informal sector by strengthening operational linkages between women and Formal Institutions and Rural Community Banks and building their capacities. The components will focus on strengthening rural women's operational effectiveness; logistics finance technical assistance needed to implement and providing support to the women
Which barrier(s) to financial inclusion does your solution seek to address? (select all applicable)
Physical and other accessibility obstacles that prevent communities from reaching financial services, The lack of affordable financial products tailored to the needs of underserved and excluded communities,, Powerful incentives for financial service providers to move up-market.
If you selected 'other' above, please specify which other barriers to financial inclusion you solution seeks to address:
For which underserved or excluded communities will your solution create access to valuable, affordable, secure and comprehensive financial services?
TO ALL RURAL COMMUNITIES IN ALL TEN REGIONS IN GHANA
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
Yes my solution can work in other geographies or regions because The plausibility of these assumptions is largely borne out by empirical evidence of the positive effects of Lending/Credits on the livelihood of poor women especially in Africa
• A study from Ghana confirms improvements in women’s physical mobility, economic security, ability to make own purchases, freedom from family, domination and violence, political and legal awareness and public participation as a result of a more stable integration into micro finance circuits
Credit to women has positive effects on the schooling of girls, it increases women’s asset holdings and is a significant determinant of total household expenditure
Enhanced women’s empowerment such as increased self-confidence and better cooperation with neighbours has also been observed in Thailand
If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?
It seems obvious that the impact of credit services to women to women entrepreneurs in the informal sector in 10 years time will be higher when women actually control the financial resources acquired in their name. Increased control is likely
• To contribute to women’s empowerment
• To facilitate women’s entrepreneurship
• To assist women in their reproductive tasks
• To ease their repayment burden
What will have had to have changed to make this happen?
A “more efficient and continuous supply of financial services that allow women micro entrepreneurs to take advantage of economic opportunities stressing institutional viability
• reducing cost due to increased efficiency in financial technologies
• emphasizing market knowledge which lead to better knowledge of customers characteristics and financial technologies
• using concepts of micro finance which over both the enterprise and household sphere
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
I will seek to strategically position women to access opportunities and ensures women organizations and networks will become aware of their roles and responsibility better and also work for the realization of goals of the various associations and individual aspirations of their members
The women will acquire skills to enhance their capacity to lobby and network on behalf their members
The women will also acquire skills to enhance their capacity to lobby and network on behalf their member sector and enhance the growth of their institution.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
It is widely assumed that Credit or Lending will have a positive impact on women’s livelihoods in leading to higher income that will help women to better perform their reproductive role as
• brokers of health, nutritional and educational status of other household members
• increasing women’s employment in micro enterprises and in improving the productivity of women’s income-generating activities
• enhancing their self-confidence and status within the family as independent producers and providers of valuable ash resources to the household economy
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Small enterprises in Ghana typically cite lack of access to finance as an important constraint on their operation. This lack of access is often associated with financial policies and bank practices that make it hard for banks to cover the high costs and risks involved in lending to women entrepreneurs in the informal sector.
I plan to encourage banks and make efforts to lobby with banks to improve the incentives and skills of bank staff in dealing with small clients and to make the credit line available. Substantial widening of access to credit by small enterprises is most likely to come from new banks that are tailoring their operations to develop new, smaller clients
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任务 2
Its development/Implementation
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
任务 1
Conducting a Needs Assessment/Survey
任务 2
Intervention Area #2: Deepen Outreach to Rural Areas for rural women
任务 3
Information campaigns, monitoring & Evaluation and Reporting to be done
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1. Workshop for women entrepreneurs with turnovers $500,000 to $1 million at the Guest House Maggi, Western Region and trained them in Business Management.
2. Organisational Building, Sensitization and Mobilisation of SMEs on association usefulness, Creation of Sector Associations of ASSI, Establishment of Business Advisory Service, Capacity Building
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?
RURAL SETTING AND MICRO FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS IN GHANA
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
Overall Goal
To substantially enhance performance of the microfinance in the western region of Ghana sector by establishing a growing, vibrant and sustainable market of microfinance product/ service users, providers, and suppliers of capacity building support for rural women micro entrepreneurs.
1.2. Objectives and outputs
The strategies are recommended with the key objectives of:
(i) Increasing outreach (depth and breadth)
(ii) Increasing product development/ innovation
(iii) Building the internal capacities of MFIs to grow sustainably
(iv) Enhancing the business and financial awareness of the
population
(v) Enhancing beneficial industry cohesion/ collaboration.
(vi) Securing coordinated financial support for the industry.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Unless micro-finance has a strategic vision for poverty elimination it risks being merely a means of shifting the costs of development onto poor people, particularly women.
BanyanTree Growth Capital is a USD c. 100 million structured private equity fund that provides capital to middle-market companies with promising growth prospects within the rapidly expanding Indian economy.
While firmly adhering to a policy of prudence and caution, the Bank has been in the forefront of introducing various innovative services and systems. Business has been conducted with the successful blend of traditional values and ethics and the most modern infrastructure.
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