Increasing the profitability and sustainability of producer groups through Technical Assistance
Summary
This 12-month pilot project is focused on building the capacity of 21 co-operatives across Africa and Latin America to enable them to increase their profitability, sustainability and better meet the needs of their member producers.
Location: Peru, Nicaragua, Mexico, Ivory Coast, Rwanda, Uganda
Date: January 2024 - January 2025
Participants: 21 co-operatives and producer organisations.
Partners: COLEAD (Africa) and a Peruvian Consultant.
DonateProject Details
The organisations involved in this project produce a variety of commodities, including coffee, cocoa, honey and hibiscus. These organisations also are all being supported through finance from Shared Interest Society.
Training focusses on the following key topics:
- Co-operative governance and management
- Business planning and management
- Financial planning and management
- Climate change adaptation
- Access to market
In Africa, the focus is on co-operative governance, management training, business and financial management and climate smart agriculture.
In Latin America, the training will cover business and financial planning and management, together with access to markets. Specific topics for this region include coffee pricing and coffee price risk management, cash flow projection, loan management and income statement analysis.
Project aims
- Strengthen the co-operative governance of the beneficiaries, together with their management structures and systems
- Build the business and financial capacity of the beneficiaries
- Increase the climate resilience of the beneficiary co-operatives