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Samriddhi Project Document Phase 1 Annexes b. Rational for value chain selection All existing value chains have been ranked following twelve criteria in order to assess their poverty orientation. Additionally, every region selected new value chains according to the same criteria. In an iterative process, the eleven most poverty relevant value chains have been selected for project interventions. The rationale for selecting these specific value chains is described below. Medicinal plants The project will scale up med plant value chain in Samriddhi. As a part of this process, interventions will be expanded to Rajshahi and Sunamganj. The interventions already going on in Bogra will be consolidated. There is a huge demand for medicinal plants in Bangladesh; at the moment, the largest part of the medicinal plants is imported from India. In this value chain, the inclusiveness of poor and extreme poor is very high due to the fact that the plants can be grown by the poor and extreme poor using less fertile and fellow land like for instance roadsides. Furthermore, there is a large potential to increase profitability through adopting small scale processing at producer level. SAAKTI has already been working with large private companies like Square and ACME for training the producers and organising the supply chain. The project developed an inception report of the medicinal plant value chain through conducting a value chain assessment. As the inception report is mostly based on the findings of Bogra region, a further assessment will be done in both Rajshahi and Sunamganj regions, at the same time updating the information on the national market. Fish Based on the first experiences in Sunamganj, the project will scale up the interventions in the fish value chain and include also pond fish culture in Bogra and Rajshahi. Aside from this, the project will consolidate the activities in Sunamganj. As the main livelihood strategy of poor and extreme poor in Sunamganj there is a huge potential to reach critical mass in terms of inclusion of poor and extreme poor. On the other hand, the demand both in Bogra and Rajshahi is high and the potential to include poor and extreme poor in pond fish culture through investments by the community or CBOs is very promising. Although the project has developed an inception report conducting assessment for Sunamganj, more information on the specificities of the pond fish value chain as well as on the general incentive structure among the value chain actors is needed and will be collected while in an in depth assessment. Vegetables The project will phase out vegetable value chain in Rajshahi as the system has reached a point where it can function successfully without the involvement of the project. The project has started implementing vegetables value chain in Bogra and Rangpur regions Intercooperation Bangladesh Page LXXI
Samriddhi Project Document Phase 1 Annexes in 2009 and as there is big potential to reach a high number of beneficiaries, Samriddhi will continue and consolidate the activities in Bogra and Rangpur. The project will conduct an assessment in both Bogra and Rangpur regions following road map outlined below. Fruit Apart from consolidation of fruit value chain in Rajshahi, the project will expand it in both Bogra and Rangpur regions. High potential to reach critical mass, add value, scope to increase chain performance, good level of collaboration with BARI and DAE, developed LSPs etc. are the justifications of expanding fruit value chain in Bogra and Rangpur regions. In Sunamganj, the demand for vegetables is generally high, while the production is low due to the limited availability of land, mainly during the rainy season. Intercooperation has introduced a variety of innovative approach that enable mainly the poor and extreme poor to grow vegetables on their homestead land or by using floating vegetable beds. To further support those small scale producers, Samriddhi will assess the possibility to improve the performance of the vegetable value chain in Sunamganj. Based on the lessons learned from Rajshahi, an assessment of the yet untapped potentials of the vegetable sectors in Bogra and Rangpur will be done. At the same time, an in depth analysis of the vegetable value chain in Sunamganj will give the basis to analyse the potential of value chain intervention in this region. Milk The project will consolidate achievements of its activities in the milk value chain in both Bogra and Rangpur. The milk sector shows a significant contribution to the livelihoods of poor, high demand, and a huge potential to improve the chain performance, especially when working together with large processing companies. A certain critical mass of produce has to be guaranteed in order to convince private companies to invest in cooling infrastructure. SAAKTI could already establish partnership with large processing companies as well as DLS and BLRI for technical support. As the project has conducted at least three assessments covering both formal and informal sectors, the intervention design will depend mostly on those reports. Poultry Due to high potential in terms of inclusiveness of poor and extreme poor, the project will start promoting backyard poultry, particularly chicken, value chain in all three regions of Rajshahi division while consolidating the activities in the duck value chain in Sunamganj. Due to the low requirement of space, also poor and extreme poor can engage in poultry production. Since the birds are kept on the homestead, especially women are actively involved. Regarding the production of duck, it is highly suitable for Sunamganj, since the birds don’t need to be kept on the homestead for the whole time but can swim in the flooded haor. Thus, poultry has great potential to contribute on livelihoods of the poor and extreme poor. Intercooperation Bangladesh Page LXXII
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