Strategy for the development of apex Sample Clauses

Strategy for the development of apex bodies The interface between poor and marginalized farmers and service providers has often been troublesome. The majorities of farmers are illiterate from marginalized groups (low social status) and are intimidated by interacting with the more sophisticated government and private sector service providers. Existing BDS MaPS programs have experimented with creating marketing/enterprise groups to act as intermediaries between the farmers and the outside market environment. These groups have the dual purpose of acting as aggregators of produce (thus lowering transaction costs), and acting as a channel to service providers and other input and output market actors. The groups put forward their strongest members who can act on behalf of the group. The project envisages working with farmers to create and strengthen more of these groups. Using organizational development techniques, the project will help the groups to apply appropriate administrative methods, and to assure good governance within the groups. Each group will be responsible for its own organization and planning with assistance from the project.