Co-operatives: Resiliency in Action, NOFA NH Winter Conference 2013NFCACoops
The co-operative business model is, by definition, resilient. Co-ops have fared well during the economic downturn. Why? Because they are developed for and accountable to the needs of members rather than outside investors. We’ll share stories of how food co-ops in New Hampshire and throughout New England are meeting the needs of their communities, and a specific example of how food co-ops have used their unique structure to respond to changing community needs through the Food Co-ops & Healthy Food Access Project. Learn how neighboring New England food co-ops are making wholesome, nutritious food more accessible to families with limited food budgets.
The Co-operative Difference in Challenging Times: Why Co-operatives MatterNFCACoops
How is the co-operative model resilient in times of change, conflict and transition? This presentation gives an overview of how the co-operative difference can deliver success and make the world a better place. Over the past forty years, J. Tom Webb has been a co-operative board member, senior manager, consultant and educator. He is a co-founder of the Co-operative Management Education program at Saint Mary’s University (mmccu.coop), the co-editor of a book on co-operative economics and author of numerous papers and articles on co-operative business.
Farmer Co-ops for More Efficient Marketing NFCACoops
This presentation from the 2016 Northeast Organic Farming Association conference gives an overview of how the co-operative enterprise is a powerful tool for farmers seeking more efficient marketing and a more sustainable food system. It covers examples from our region, steps to establishing a co-op, advice for effective governance and collaboration, and opportunities to access grant resources to support your ideas.
Presenters: Roger Noonan of New England Farmers Union (NEFU) and Erbin Crowell, Neighboring Food Co-op Association (NFCA).
Co-operatives: Resiliency in Action, NOFA NH Winter Conference 2013NFCACoops
The co-operative business model is, by definition, resilient. Co-ops have fared well during the economic downturn. Why? Because they are developed for and accountable to the needs of members rather than outside investors. We’ll share stories of how food co-ops in New Hampshire and throughout New England are meeting the needs of their communities, and a specific example of how food co-ops have used their unique structure to respond to changing community needs through the Food Co-ops & Healthy Food Access Project. Learn how neighboring New England food co-ops are making wholesome, nutritious food more accessible to families with limited food budgets.
The Co-operative Difference in Challenging Times: Why Co-operatives MatterNFCACoops
How is the co-operative model resilient in times of change, conflict and transition? This presentation gives an overview of how the co-operative difference can deliver success and make the world a better place. Over the past forty years, J. Tom Webb has been a co-operative board member, senior manager, consultant and educator. He is a co-founder of the Co-operative Management Education program at Saint Mary’s University (mmccu.coop), the co-editor of a book on co-operative economics and author of numerous papers and articles on co-operative business.
Farmer Co-ops for More Efficient Marketing NFCACoops
This presentation from the 2016 Northeast Organic Farming Association conference gives an overview of how the co-operative enterprise is a powerful tool for farmers seeking more efficient marketing and a more sustainable food system. It covers examples from our region, steps to establishing a co-op, advice for effective governance and collaboration, and opportunities to access grant resources to support your ideas.
Presenters: Roger Noonan of New England Farmers Union (NEFU) and Erbin Crowell, Neighboring Food Co-op Association (NFCA).
The NFCA Story : Regional Collaboration for Shared SuccessNFCACoops
The Principle of Co-operation among Co-ops speaks to the advantages for co-ops and their members working together through formal regional, national, and international co-operative structures. The Neighboring Food Co-op Association (NFCA), a federation of 35 food co-ops and start-ups across New England, grew out of dialog among food co-ops on what we could accomplish by working together. This presentation provides an in-depth look at NFCA structure and successes, future vision, and provides insights on how food co-ops can work together regionally to support shared success and collaboration at all levels, growing the co-operative economy together.
Healthy Food Access: Lessons From The Field, CCMA 2013NFCACoops
Get the latest on what New England food co-ops are doing to make healthy food more accessible and affordable through the “Food Co-ops and Healthy Food Access” project, a collaboration between the Neighboring
Food Co-op Association and the Cooperative Fund of New England. This presentation shares the lessons learned to date, plans for future development, and resources so other food co-ops can more easily start healthy food access
programs at their co-ops.
Advancing Healthy Food Access Through Regional PartnershipsNFCACoops
The NFCA, Cooperative Fund of New England, and Hunger Free Vermont have worked with NFCA members to implement programs addressing food access and community ownership. Since 2014 seven NE food co-ops have implemented new “Food For All” programs, making healthy food and co-op ownership more accessible to people with limited incomes. This presentation covers how regional co-op collaboration and strategic partnerships helped neighboring food co-ops across New England address food access, enhance community identity, increase the collective impact of co-ops on food security, and how working with USDA helps ensure this model is sustainable and replicable across the country.
Thirty New England food co-ops are collaborating to make wholesome, nutritious food more accessible to all community members. This workshop explores the barriers to healthy food access and the capacity of food co-ops to address these barriers and increase access to healthy food for individuals/families with limited food budgets. Learn about the “Food Co-ops and Healthy Food Access” project, its goals and challenges, and specific stories of programs that co-ops have created to make their food more accessible.
Since 1967, the Federation of Southern Co-operatives (FSC) has worked to increase incomes, support economic development, and assist in land retention, especially for African Americans but essentially for all family farmers in the Southern US. This presentation focuses on efforts to develop regional marketing and food distribution systems that can link co-operative communities in the South with those in other parts of the country through trade.
IFPRI organized a two day workshop on “Agricultural Extension Reforms in South Asia – Status, Challenges, and Policy Options” to be organized at Committee Room 3, NASC, Pusa, New Delhi on February 17-18, 2015. IFPRI has been conducting research related to agricultural extension reforms in India and collaborating with researchers in other south Asian countries for the past five years through various projects. For understanding extension reforms in India, a major consultation was held in NAARM in 2009 during which policy makers called for development of evidence for spreading extension reform process in India. Since then several research papers have been produced on various aspects of Indian extension system. While they are presented in various forms including several discussion papers, there is a need to pull all the research result together to present it in form that could be used by the policy makers to further guide them in the reform process. South Asian countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka are going through similar challenges in getting knowledge to farmers. Several experiment shave been conducted to test new approaches to extension by the public, private and NGO sectors. Learning from each country experiences will bring collective understanding and knowledge for the policy makers who are attempting to bring changes in the reform process. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together a groups of researchers, analysts and policy makers to present the issues, constraints and challenges facing agricultural extension reforms that are being implemented in South Asian countries.
After 2020 by the program of PMMSY, an enormous focus is placed on creating FFPO by collectivising fish farmers, Producer Organization is not a recent term. It has been started after 2002 by collectivization of farmers, as they are primary producer of farm and non-farm produce.
Fish Farmer Producer Organization FFPOs.pptB. BHASKAR
PMMSY guidelines on Fish Farmer Producer Organization(FFPOs), Objectives, composition & managing committee of FFPOs, Implementation agencies, Responsibilities of CBBOs, financial support, payment releasing pattern, monitoring and evaluation of FFPOs, annexures relavant to FFPOs and case study.
The NFCA Story : Regional Collaboration for Shared SuccessNFCACoops
The Principle of Co-operation among Co-ops speaks to the advantages for co-ops and their members working together through formal regional, national, and international co-operative structures. The Neighboring Food Co-op Association (NFCA), a federation of 35 food co-ops and start-ups across New England, grew out of dialog among food co-ops on what we could accomplish by working together. This presentation provides an in-depth look at NFCA structure and successes, future vision, and provides insights on how food co-ops can work together regionally to support shared success and collaboration at all levels, growing the co-operative economy together.
Healthy Food Access: Lessons From The Field, CCMA 2013NFCACoops
Get the latest on what New England food co-ops are doing to make healthy food more accessible and affordable through the “Food Co-ops and Healthy Food Access” project, a collaboration between the Neighboring
Food Co-op Association and the Cooperative Fund of New England. This presentation shares the lessons learned to date, plans for future development, and resources so other food co-ops can more easily start healthy food access
programs at their co-ops.
Advancing Healthy Food Access Through Regional PartnershipsNFCACoops
The NFCA, Cooperative Fund of New England, and Hunger Free Vermont have worked with NFCA members to implement programs addressing food access and community ownership. Since 2014 seven NE food co-ops have implemented new “Food For All” programs, making healthy food and co-op ownership more accessible to people with limited incomes. This presentation covers how regional co-op collaboration and strategic partnerships helped neighboring food co-ops across New England address food access, enhance community identity, increase the collective impact of co-ops on food security, and how working with USDA helps ensure this model is sustainable and replicable across the country.
Thirty New England food co-ops are collaborating to make wholesome, nutritious food more accessible to all community members. This workshop explores the barriers to healthy food access and the capacity of food co-ops to address these barriers and increase access to healthy food for individuals/families with limited food budgets. Learn about the “Food Co-ops and Healthy Food Access” project, its goals and challenges, and specific stories of programs that co-ops have created to make their food more accessible.
Since 1967, the Federation of Southern Co-operatives (FSC) has worked to increase incomes, support economic development, and assist in land retention, especially for African Americans but essentially for all family farmers in the Southern US. This presentation focuses on efforts to develop regional marketing and food distribution systems that can link co-operative communities in the South with those in other parts of the country through trade.
IFPRI organized a two day workshop on “Agricultural Extension Reforms in South Asia – Status, Challenges, and Policy Options” to be organized at Committee Room 3, NASC, Pusa, New Delhi on February 17-18, 2015. IFPRI has been conducting research related to agricultural extension reforms in India and collaborating with researchers in other south Asian countries for the past five years through various projects. For understanding extension reforms in India, a major consultation was held in NAARM in 2009 during which policy makers called for development of evidence for spreading extension reform process in India. Since then several research papers have been produced on various aspects of Indian extension system. While they are presented in various forms including several discussion papers, there is a need to pull all the research result together to present it in form that could be used by the policy makers to further guide them in the reform process. South Asian countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka are going through similar challenges in getting knowledge to farmers. Several experiment shave been conducted to test new approaches to extension by the public, private and NGO sectors. Learning from each country experiences will bring collective understanding and knowledge for the policy makers who are attempting to bring changes in the reform process. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together a groups of researchers, analysts and policy makers to present the issues, constraints and challenges facing agricultural extension reforms that are being implemented in South Asian countries.
After 2020 by the program of PMMSY, an enormous focus is placed on creating FFPO by collectivising fish farmers, Producer Organization is not a recent term. It has been started after 2002 by collectivization of farmers, as they are primary producer of farm and non-farm produce.
Fish Farmer Producer Organization FFPOs.pptB. BHASKAR
PMMSY guidelines on Fish Farmer Producer Organization(FFPOs), Objectives, composition & managing committee of FFPOs, Implementation agencies, Responsibilities of CBBOs, financial support, payment releasing pattern, monitoring and evaluation of FFPOs, annexures relavant to FFPOs and case study.
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2. Project Location: 20 Upazilas of Greater
Noakhali (Noakhali-9,
Feni-6 & Lakshmipur-5)
& Mirsarai, Sandwip and
Fatikchari Upazilas from
Chittagong District
Project Period: 6.75 Years
October 1, 2006 to
June 30, 2013)
Project cost: DPP RDPP-II
Total : 771 million BDT 985 million
DANIDA : 700 million BDT 881 million
GOB : 71 million BDT 104 million
Project Summary
3. Objectives and Outputs
• Immediate Objective:
– Improved and sustainable productivity of and returns from
fisheries and livestock systems of resource-poor
households
[As we shall see, over the last two years there
has been a shift from a focus on productivity
to returns]
4. Outputs
• 1. Effective support to resource poor households through
decentralized, integrated and demand-driven extension
provision (through Farmer Field School approach)
• 2. CBOs and Farmers Associations formed and enabled to
articulate their demands to local private and public service
providers
• 3. Linkages with the private sector improved to enable
farmers to access quality inputs and markets
• 4. Local government institutions enabled to address the
expressed demands of the local community in relation to
fisheries and livestock development
• 5. Capacity of District and Upazila level offices of DOF and
DLS to deliver public goods enhanced
5. Development of CBOs in RFLDC
• Emergence of CBOs in the improved extension
strategy dates from Greater Noakhali Aquaculture
Extension Project (GNAEP) in 2003
• Initially Resource Learning Centers to maintain flow
of information on aquaculture technology to farmers
• Quickly realized these were unsustainable; widened
to supply of quality and timely agricultural inputs
which offered an income stream
• Commission from sales of prawn post-larvae and
profits from feed
6. Core Element in Sustainable Extension Strategy
• Actually emergence of CBOs were seen as the core
element in an alternative and sustainable extension
strategy
• GNAEP had sought to promote aquaculture through
contracting NGOs for training and credit
• Identified that NGOs did not address the poor (rather the
more credit-worthy) and were dependent on provision of
Project operational costs
• Tendency to downscale or disappear at the end of the
Project (‘sunset project’)
• Capacity-building of farmers’ own organizations seen as
more sustainable
7. Improved Livelihoods of Resource- poor Farmers
(through increased productivity of and returns from fisheries and livestock systems)
Farmer Field Schools (demand-
driven extension)
Service- provision through
Community-based Organizations
Technical Support and Quality
Input Supply through Upazila
Fisheries and Livestock Offices
Supply of Quality Inputs and Market
Opportunities through (mainly local)
Private Agribusiness
Socio-political Support
and Financial Resources
from Union Parishad via
Block Grant
RFLDC Technical Assistance Team
Figure 1: Original RFLDC Extension Model
8. CBOs’ Typical Services
• Provision of seed and young stock (fish, prawn, fry/PL,
fingerlings/juveniles; DOC, DOD / ducklings, Kids,
Lambs)
• Breeding services (bucks/bulls, artificial insemination)
• Vaccination services (through Poultry Workers and
Community Livestock Workers)
• Feed provision (concentrates, local feed ingredients,
fodder cuttings)
• Facilities for Hire (pumps, nets)
• Support to Community-based (Dogi) Aquaculture
• Bulking of produce for collective marketing
• Production credit via Block Grant
10. Development of CBOs is Painstaking
• Organizational Capacity Building
– Regular (Biennial) Elections to Executive Committees
– Regular Annual General and Planning Meetings attended by high
percentage of general members
– Annual Development Plans, increasingly based upon own resources
– Steady improvement in Financial Management, as demonstrated by
positive FAPAD and EOD Audit reports
– Building cadre skilled in Financial Management through Participatory
Learning Approach (Resource Persons Accounting)
• Movement towards Sustainability
– Increasing membership, especially of women members of FFS, mainly
related to produce marketing
– Increasing annual earnings supporting own staff, based upon widening of
activities from input supply to marketing
– Development of Human Rights Committees
– Strong linkages between grass-roots level CBOs and 7 District CBO
Associations
11. Outstanding Features of CBOs
• Several CBOs run exclusively by women
• Support to community aquaculture development in about 130 dogis
and over 100 settlement villages, including women prawn PL
nursers;
• Provision of livestock vaccination services through network of
Poultry Workers, Community Livestock Workers and Livestock
Service Centres;
• Development of major net-making industry in Lakshmipur District
involving over 2,000 landless women;
• Development of CBO network in Chittagong Hills, marketing local
produce through Feni CBO Association (recent purchase of truck);
• Marketing Networks with local branding (Khamar in Lakshmipur,
Polli in Feni)
12. From Input Supply to Marketing
• Initial focus of CBO (IG) activities was input supply and
services (like Vaccination)
• From 2010, RFLDC realization that farmers engaged in FFS
were beginning to increase production to the degree that
many were beginning to consider marketing surplus
• Started to change curriculum towards Integrated Farm
Management FFS with greater market orientation
• Perceived that CBOs could also assist in produce marketing
which could widen their income generation and therefore
increase their sustainability
• Also addressed problem of strengthening links between FF
and CBOs
• Development of strategy of Producer and Marketing Groups
13. Farmer Field School
Learning Process (Artificial
Study Plot)
Field Laboratories
(Informal Research)
ASPS II Adaptive Research,
BAU,CVASU, BLRI, NGOs
Producer and
Marketing
Group
Community-
based
Organizations
Local Private
Agribusiness
CBO
Associations
and
Advanced
CBOs
Regional,
National and
International
Market Actors
Inputs / Markets
Finance (Contract
Farming)
Inputs, Services, Production
Credit in Kind (via Block Grant?);
Market Identification and
Produce Collection
Research Co-
operation (On-
Farm Trials)
FFS Members focusing on
consumption
Access to Quality
Input Supplies and
Markets of Fresh
and Processed
Produce
CBOs complement
Local Agribusiness
to Distribute
Inputs and Collect
Products
Local
Facilitators
and Resource
Persons
Winrock /
Katalyst
iDE
Figure 3: RFLDC Revised Strategic Framework
15. Capacity Building of CBOs as Agribusiness
• Over the past two years, RFLDC has tried to build capacity of
CBOs as small agribusiness
– Training of CBO Executive Committee members under Bangladesh
Agribusiness Development Project (BADP)
• Training of RFLDC’s own TA staff in Agribusiness Development
by Innovision (Markets for the Poor (M4P) Approach)
• RFLDC trying to promote Business Plans in CBOs
• Review of Process of PMG (Lot of emphasis in 2011)
• Searching for links to national and regional markets but
needed support
• Search since late 2011 for a partner to deepen market
orientation; now working with International Development
Enterprises to Deepen Market Integration
16. Identification of Commodities (Value Chains)
• Maybe three possible origins:
– From FFS focus: fish, prawn, fingerlings/juveniles, eggs,
ducks, pullets, milk and milk products, vegetables (gourds,
pumpkins, etc), possibly soya bean, peanut, okra
– From Field Laboratory (specific programme in hills): sugar
cane, musk melon
– Traditional local commodities (not part of FFS/FL process,
but based upon local skills): coconut products, date palm
juice, turmeric, ginger, country bean seed, brooms, nets,
topi, mats
17. Phasing Out of RFLDC
• For various reasons, Danida has decided to change its strategy of support to
the Agricultural Sector in BangladeshThis involves a phasing out of RFLDC at
end June 2013
• Disappointed, but confident that network of CBO (Farmers’ Organizations) in
the region will facilitate continuing service development to resource-poor
farmers, especially in input supply and marketing
• However, we want to ensure that GOB and non-government (including private
sector) service providers are aware of the CBO Network in each District so
that they can use it as a resource for extension activities in whatever sector
• Hopefully mutually beneficial, wider contacts will also benefit the CBO
network.
• Only two days ago, we were discussing in the hills how the CBO network,
established mainly for extension purposes might be used for education, family
planning and water and sanitation services
• This workshop called for this region and as you will see we have also prepared
documentation which will help to facilitate contacts in the form of CBO Profile
Books
18. Outputs
• 1. Effective support to resource poor households through
decentralized, integrated and demand-driven extension
provision (through Farmer Field School approach)
• 2. CBOs and Farmers Associations formed and enabled to
articulate their demands to local private and public service
providers
• 3. Linkages with the private sector improved to enable
farmers to access quality inputs and markets
• 4. Local government institutions enabled to address the
expressed demands of the local community in relation to
fisheries and livestock development
• 5. Capacity of District and Upazila level offices of DOF and
DLS to deliver public goods enhanced