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Mukesh, Pravin & Dinesh
Local Value-Chain Actors as Agri-Entrepreneurs,
Bedo Block, District – Ranchi, Jharkhand
We are very happy that we
have been instrumental in
ensuring the continuity of
income for these farmers
during such difficult times of
the pandemic.
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We are local youth and active Agri-entrepreneurs,
identified by the village organization and trained by
TRIF. We support the farmers of nearby villages with
access to distant markets by providing aggregation
facility and negotiation skills. The COVID-19 pandemic
provided us with an opportunity to innovate and
ensure continuity of income for the farmers in difficult Yuva-Compass hub
times. The farmers of nearby villages bring their Hub & Youth
mangoes to our aggregation centres on their bikes, In most of the poverty regions of TRIF’s Spoke Mobilization
through
and grading and packing is done here. The quantity operations, there are a large number of Model SHGs
and quality supplied by each farmer is recorded at the school-educated, aspirational youth
centre. Due to the lockdown, the traders were not looking for enterprise and employment
coming to the markets, and restrictions on movement opportunities. The youth are keen to Counselling Outreach
Cadre of
did not allow the farmers to take the produce even to either upgrade their skills to make their “Sarathis”
the local markets. The mangoes in the orchards had way into the formalised economy or to
ripened and were ready to be sold. Hiring vehicles setup their own enterprises. However,
was not turning out to be economical for they lack resources to even decide a
smallholders. The three of us decided to provide pathway that can help in translating Linkage Local
door-step aggregation and marketing services to their dreams into reality. Yuva-Compass with Skill Formal-
Training
these farmers. We understand how important this hub has been conceptualized by TRIF to Institutes Sector Jobs
income is for the farmer, as the cash generated is bridge this gap for the youth with
used for the upcoming Kharif season. We earned entrepreneurial ambitions looking for
Rs. 47,000 within a month that was 7% of the total enterprise development support as Business
Rs. 6.7 lakhs revenue generated by us. well as youth that have skilling and Mentorship Planning
upskilling requirements for increasing
Program: Ikea Market Solutions employability.
Donor: Ikea Foundation
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