Small Farmers Agri- Business Consortium, Kerala


 
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Memorandum of Association
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Vision Document
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A Report on Sustainable Crafts National Institute of Design
Pandanus Project
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SFAC´ Role on Pandanus Project

The success of commercial agriculture heavily depends on casting its operations in a corporate mould. The first pre-requisite for giving a push to this agribusiness - careful and detailed approval of the characteristics and contours of marketing mats - when studied, leads to hopeful involvement of SFAC. Eradication of poverty and unemployment in the area can be permanently set up by the project, it is hoped. The following are participatory role in the project.

(1) to take leadership in establishing organisations.
(2)to monitor activities envisaged in the project and to conduct performance audit.
(3) to channalise funds.
(4) to guide for training support.
(5) to exploit untapped potentials in marketing.
(6) to equip officials of societies in excellence of business, accounting, marketing, management, leadership in group activities etc.
(7) to correlate and undertake related schemes through various development departments and agencies. .
(8) to arrange R&D in mechanisation in weaving, manufacturing fancy products, and to find out new vistas of utilization of mats.
(9) to exploit market potentialities, both domestic and external - international market search.
(10) Establishment of an information shop in a phased manner.

Objectives
  • to enhance net incremental income of small farmers.
  • to develop hitherto unattended potential in agricultural sector, by exploiting economic importance of Pandanus.
  • to augment the self employment programme traditionally followed.
  • to improve financial status of rural women below poverty line, with no disturbance to their establishments.
  • to upgrade the craftsmanship involved in mat weaving.
  • to prevent extinction of the traditionally acquiring artisanship.
  • to eliminate exploitation in marketing of mats by intermediaries.
  • to empower farm women with organisational and institutional support.
  • to fetch permanency in regular income.
  • to develop managerial abilities among rural women.
  • to offer social equity by encouraging social facilities.
  • to promote environmental soundness.
  • to bringup eliteness to societies by offering due recognition to rural population.
  • to support rural farmers with research and development.