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Building Collaborative Success: Empowering Farmers through Cooperatives for Economic Growth

This document outlines the essential components of farmer cooperatives, emphasizing the importance of understanding community needs and fostering collaboration. By enabling farmers to self-organize and secure investments with a three-year return potential, cooperatives can effectively turn crops into cash. The cooperative model not only boosts income but also presents significant social impacts, such as reducing infant mortality rates and promoting women’s rights. A focus on small business growth is key to driving sustainable economic advancement in Africa.

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Building Collaborative Success: Empowering Farmers through Cooperatives for Economic Growth

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  1. Farmer Cooperatives First know people. Then you can work together.

  2. Problems/Opportunities

  3. Summary

  4. Crops New Org Structure

  5. Summary: Coop Components

  6. Preparing to Scale

  7. Business Model • Make investments that can achieve 3 year repayment • Let farmers self-organize • Investor joins cooperative and manages finance and marketing • Turn CROPS into CASH!

  8. Development Process

  9. Summary

  10. Impact! 1.5% more Africaneconomicgrowthin the ‘80s would have saved 500,000 children by1990 10% increase in income = 6% decrease in infant mortality = lower birthrates = higher education rates = less child oppression = less domestic violence & more stable families = more rights for women Economic growth saves more lives than income redistribution - and it is created with small businesses

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