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15. Sustainability Planning

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Summary

Goal Farmers will make a plan to work collectively to decrease costs and increase profits. Learning Objectives

1. Learn how to identify key actors and structure of value chains.
2. Understand the benefits of collective buying and selling.
3. Learn how to identify the challenges to working as a group and ways to mitigate them.
4. Learn how to create a sustainability plan.

Venue and timing This workshop can be held at any location with adequate seating and shade. Preparation

• Draw blank tables on flip chart paper: “Challenges for farmer-based organizations,” “Farm input needs,” “Potential buyer table,” and “Sustainability planning table.”

Supplies

• Flip chart paper
• Markers
• Value chain actor cards
• Print out of donkey collaboration picture

Total time 3-4 hours Handouts in Farmer’s Workbook

• The Value Chain
• Donkey Metaphor for Collaboration
• Challenges for Farmer Based Organizations
• Farm Inputs
• Potential Buyers
• Sustainability Plan

Agenda

Opener: Human value chain (45 mins)

• Recall crops the group plans to sell together
• Explain a value chain and discuss the roles of value chain actors
• Create a human value chain
• Discuss the agricultural value chain

Activity 1: Why should we collaborate (30 mins)

• Discuss the donkey metaphor for collaboration
• Discuss the benefits of forming a farmer group

Activity 2: Collective input needs (1 hour)

• List input needs
• Discuss options for reducing input costs

Activity 3: Market opportunities

• Discuss the quality, volume and prices for different types of buyers
• List potential buyers for the crop the group is selling collectively

Activity 4: Create a group sustainability plan (1 hour)

• Identify priorities
• Create a sustainability plan
• Select a person to lead the group in marketing