Transcript The Shapla Filter

our vision…..
a poverty
eradicated
Bangladesh where
people live with
dignity and in
peace
IDE Bangladesh – Our Mission
Founded 1984; one of IDE’s oldest country programs
Enable
rural poor to increase income and improve quality of life
Facilitate
market development relevant to the rural poor
Facilitate
private entrepreneurs and institutions development
(and government) to meet the needs of the rural poor
Engage
in a wide range of development intervention
Promote
gender equality and human rights
About IDE International
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IDE is an international not-for-profit organization,
established 1981
IDE focuses on poverty alleviation of the rural poor
by:
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Enabling small farm households to increase
production, generate income, and improve quality of
life
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Developing market environments that serve the
interests of rural poor
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Equipping local private enterprises to meet the needs
of rural poor
About IDE International (cont’d)
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IDE consists of 4 separate national organizations:
Canada, India, UK, and USA (largest)
National organizations have formed umbrella
group: IDE International
IDE International supports 11 country programs in
India, Nepal, Niger, Bangladesh, Pakistan
Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Myanmar Zambia,
Zimbabwe
Our Skills & Expertise
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During 20 years of experience, IDE has developed extensive, practical, field-based expertise
in market-based rural development.
IDE’s expertise involves analysis, design and implementation with a focus to achieve
tangible results
Our skills include:
Sub-sector analysis
Assessment of local private-sector capacity
Supply Chain development
Micro-enterprise development
Application of BDS/market facilitation concepts
Program planning and implementation
Rural marketing
Technology development
Present Approach
IDE views the rural poor as potential entrepreneurs, producers and customers, not
charity recipients. Using PRISM (Poverty Reduction through Integration and
Smallholder Markets), IDE develops the skills and knowledge of rural people to
create networks of businesses and services.
Our methodology can be summarized in a series of steps as described below:
1.
Decide criteria for, and select project area: high incidence of poverty, marked
growth, existence of value chain, large number of smallholders
2.
Identify market opportunities that are expanding, that offer potential for
significant income generation, and for which smallholders/rural poor have (or can
develop) a comparative advantage
3.
Develop a strategy for delivering sustainable productivity improvement for
enabling smallholders to exploit the selected market opportunities
Present Approach
4.
Identify constraints in the value chain and opportunities that smallholders may
exploit in cultivating and marketing the selected products and in accessing
market opportunities
5.
Identify potential gender and environmental impacts and mitigations. Identify
opportunities to enhance environmental conditions and gender equity.
6.
Develop partnerships with civil-society, NGOs, private sector
enterprises, research, and government organizations that are able to
facilitate private-sector lead solutions to the identified value-chain
constraints.
The first six tasks are inter-dependent and are performed in parallel and/or iteratively. The starting point and
sequence of execution will vary depending on local circumstances.
Present Approach
7.
Design interventions to assist, support, and develop small enterprises that can help
remove value-chain constraints by delivering necessary services to smallholders
and other value chain actors effectively, efficiently, and with sustainability.
8.
Implement interventions in coordination with partner organizations.
9.
Attempt sustainability during project design stage incorporating strong M& E
system
IDE Bangladesh in the Past
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Marketing Appropriate
Technology Program (funded by
CIDA and SDC; 20 years ended in
December 2003)
Through facilitation we created
market for manual irrigation
technologies
Developed a private sector network
of 85 producers, 1250 dealers and
7000 installers
(1.5 million treadle pumps were sold
through that network that brought
changes in the lives of 1 million
small farm families)
Existing Projects
Integrating Smallholder into Expanding
Markets (funded by Dutch Foreign Ministry; 3
years starting from July 2003)
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Aligning market forces to allow poor
farmer participation in vegetable and pond
fish production
Enhancing the capacity of the small farmer
who is viewed as a micro-entrepreneur and
encouraging commercial orientation to
production
Through facilitation developing a network
of service providers/micro-enterprises (e.g.
soil testers, input sellers, spray men,
hatcheries etc.) that cater to sustainable
growth in the chosen sectors
Chars Market Development Initiative (funded by OPEC; pilot project for 1 year
ending November 2004)
 Increasing market participation by the poor in these highly vulnerable regions,
focusing on commercial orientation towards vegetable production
Existing Projects
Testing and Dissemination of Innovative
Technologies (funded by IFAD; 2 years
starting from July 2003)
 Promoting manual irrigation for vegetable
production
Through awareness creation and training we
encouraged establishment of the first producer
of deep-set treadle pumps and pressure pumps
in the area who went into production in
October 2003 and is currently supplying to
local as well as adjacent districts.
By facilitating linkage and awareness on
potential demand, local input sellers now offer
wider range of products in appropriate
packaging to cater to the local farmers.
Thank You….