extension and advisory services (private sector)
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Extension andAdvisory Services
The National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International
• 60 years in international development supporting small farmers and cooperatives
• NCBA CLUSA has worked in over 80 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin & Central America
• Currently working in 17 countries
• 29,000 Cooperatives in the US• 2 million jobs• $652 billion in annual sales• $3 trillion in assets
Established in 1916, NCBA CLUSA is the oldest and largest U.S. trade association for cooperative businesses in the U.S. and an international development agency
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Output Markets
Knowledge Skills Input Supply
Finance
What Farmers need to grow their agricultural businesses
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Quality
Quantity
Reliability
What buyers need to grow their businesses
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Private Sector
Farmer Organization
Community Based
Solution Providers
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Private Sector
Farmer Organization
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8-10 Farmer Groups2 delegates per FG
Create the Executive CommitteeManager
Market/Inputs
Credit Tech/Ag extension
• Provide technical knowledge, financing, bulk input buying, and bulking to several hundred farmers
• Engage in larger scale aggregation through contract farming
Community-Based Solution Providers (CBSP’s)
• Local agents from the communities
• Local input supply firms trained to embed extension messages into sales
• Supply firms train the agents
• Fill gaps in the value chain by offering goods and services for a fee– Seeds, tools, fertilizers,
spraying herbicides, crop aggregation, transportation
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Lessons Learned
The National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International
Private Sector• Return on investment must be clear• Adequate training must be provided• Committed company resources
Farmer Organization• Proper governance structure, management and financial
training• Committed group of farmers to same commodity• Profitable in order to provide membership services
CBSPs• Linked to a larger supplier or buyer• Trained to embed extension in sales of products or services • Enabled through minimizing subsidies
Gretchen VillegasVice President, International Operations
1401 New York Avenue, NW • Suite 1100 • Washington, DC 20005 • 202.383.5463 • www.NCBA.coop