The Sales and Service Center is a place of contacts and transactions of goods and services among buyers and sellers. A space for sit-in advice provision by service providers to farmers A node that help farmers and service providers to arrange for the provision of advice at the household (field or pond) A space for the trading of service and inputs between service providers and farmers (with advice embedded)

1. By
Mozharul Islam
Coordinator
Practical Action, Bangladesh
imozharul@yahoo.com
Cell 01715299013
ANOTE ON THE ALTERNATE
SYSTEM OF TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER AND MARKET ACCESS
FOR LMS FARMERS

2. PROBLEMS OF LANDLESS,
MARGINAL AND SMALL
FARMERS
 Little or no access to technology,
market & finance
 Exploited by both buyers and
sellers

3. PRACTICAL ACTION ESTABLISHED AN
ALTERNATE SYSTEM
 15,000 VMFH organized as 610 producers’ groups
 Groups are clustered around 50 SSCs
 Introduced group based production planning
 Input needs aggregated at SSC level
 Expected sales aggregated at SSC level
 SSCs linked with bulk sellers & buyers
 PGs & SSCs managed by producers themselves
 All producers groups & SSCs formalized
(have office, trade license, bank/ac)

4. SALES AND
SERVICE
CENTRE

5. PoTENTIAL USERS oF THE
SYSTEM
 Producers themselves
 Service providers
 Line departments
 Companies (inputs & outputs)
 Development partners

6. EXPECTATIoN FRoM SERVICE
PRoVIDERS
 Conduct learning sessions by rotation
 Maintain schedule of counseling in
SSCs
 Use PGs or SSCs for any campaign
programs

7. EXPECTATION FROM LINE
DEPARTMENTS
 Use the system for technology transfer
( by attending monthly learning session &
SSCs)
 Use PGs & SSCs for any campaign program
 Channelize gob support through the system
 Link potential buyers & sellers with SSCs

8. EXPECTATION FROM
COMPANIES Appoint or engage SSCs as dealers/suppliers
 Sell/purchase in bulk to/from SSCs
 Arrange contracts for production of special
products
 Provide orientation for required quantity &
safety standards
 Organize suppliers credit directly or
indirectly through banks

9. EXPECTATION FROM DEVELOPMENT
PARTNERS
 Examine the system
 Adopt it wherever feasible
 If necessary fine-tune it
 Practical Action is prepared to assist

10. Thank you
www.practicalaction.org