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*how: use new technologies to facilitate the transactions between producers and buyers( members of the coop can advertise their goods and offers on a Web site with their own Internet addresses, and farmer and trader groups can set up Web sites to manage all these services for their members) and have a local store where producers can advertise and sell their products to local community members. | *how: use new technologies to facilitate the transactions between producers and buyers( members of the coop can advertise their goods and offers on a Web site with their own Internet addresses, and farmer and trader groups can set up Web sites to manage all these services for their members) and have a local store where producers can advertise and sell their products to local community members. | ||
*who: agricultural workers of Banka/Bafang, buyers of cities (Yaoundé, Douala) | *who: agricultural workers of Banka/Bafang, buyers of cities (Yaoundé, Douala) | ||
*Partners | |||
#Chefferie Banka | |||
#exportateur de café | |||
#fonctionnaire au service de l'agriculture | |||
#radio communautaire | |||
====Project Objectives==== | ====Project Objectives==== | ||
*why: | *why: | ||
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::-to faciliate the trade between rural and urban buyers | ::-to faciliate the trade between rural and urban buyers | ||
::-to initiate other socio-economic activitities to improve the welfare of the Banka/Bafang community | ::-to initiate other socio-economic activitities to improve the welfare of the Banka/Bafang community | ||
*Our short-term objectives are: | |||
**to mobilize more workers to form a worker cooperative; | |||
**to obtain space to sell products; | |||
**to locate funding sources; | |||
**to organize the flow of production to buyers; | |||
**to set up websites for trading; | |||
**to organize capacity-building workshops and training on worker cooperatives, entreneurship and the use of technology; | |||
*Our long term objectives are: | |||
**to actively engage in advocacy work concerning women’s rights; | |||
**to support the promotion of the women's rights and labor rights; | |||
**to encourage the young unemployed of the cities to return to the villages because the fields are stable sources of revenue; | |||
**to engage in policy work concerning the labor rights of agriculture workers. | |||
*Activities | *Activities | ||
* | Activity 1 : Production and sale of corn and manioc products | ||
* | - Task 1 : form a group of producers and recruit buyers | ||
- Task 2 : develop a management strategy | |||
Activity 2 : Sale of corn and manioc products to urban buyers and local consumers. | |||
- Task 2 : devise marketing strategy | |||
Activity 3: Education and capacity-building | |||
- Task 1: Identify needs for capacity-building | |||
- Task 2: build network of support and expertise | |||
Activity 4: Advocacy and policy work | |||
- Task 1: Develop a priorities list | |||
- Task 2: Develop advocacy strategies | |||
- Task 3: Increase awareness on labor and women’s rights | |||
*Working groups | |||
**Working group 1: research, assessment and product quality | |||
- responsible to monitor the quality and flow of the production and gather information. The team will be responsible for organizing capacity training workshops on using different technologies to improve production and quality of production. | |||
**Working group 2: export | |||
- responsible for making connections with local urban buyers. | |||
**Working group 3: advocacy and policy work | |||
**Working group 4: women and youth | |||
**Working group 5: cooperative management | |||
**Working group 6: education and training | |||
==Evaluating solidity, accountability and sustainability== | ==Evaluating solidity, accountability and sustainability== | ||