NGOs
Collaborating with other NGOs ensures community interests are prioritised, resourcesare used efficiently,and social impact is maximised.
Community banks
Provide the LINC Enterprise with a working capital facility.
Provide smallholder farmers with financial management andfinancial literacy training, as well as access to suitable banking arrangements. Digital payments are the preferred option under the program to ensure the safety of community members.
Multi-lateral institutions
Provide funding to support development of the program.
Regulators
Effective relationships with regulators are important to ensure compliance with relevant regulations, such as import/export requirements.
National government
A collaborative relationship with national government is critical to ensuring alignment with overarching strategies, plans, policies and regulation, helping to create the enabling environment for program success and long-term sustainability.
Local government
A collaborative relationship with local government ensures alignment with their strategies, plans and policies. Capability building of local government and securing advocacy for the program is critical to ensure the program’s long-term sustainability and improves the likelihood of the program model being adopted and scaled-out to other regions.
Resource company
Primary funder and project partner. B4D works closely with the resource company’s community development team to ensure our approaches are aligned and community benefits are maximised.
Business for Development
Leads and manages the program. Responsible for program design and implementation, ensuring the smallholder farming community’s interests are prioritised by working with all program partners.
Audit and accounting
Provide professional services to the LINC Enterprise, such as ensuring the accuracy of accounts and financial statements, supporting business plan development and donor reporting.
Farm input suppliers
The LINC Enterprise may purchase farm inputs in bulk on behalf of smallholder farmer members to secure more favourable pricing. Farm inputs include fertiliser, seed and crop protection.
Processor
Processing green gram provides a value-added product that can be used in stockfeed.
Local market
Channel for smallholder farmers to sell surplus produce or where the program does not have an established offtake partner.
Hotels and restaurants
Channel for smallholder farmers to sell produce.
Research institutions
Research plays an important role in continuous improvement of the program, for example, developing stockfeed formulations for optimum poultry growth.
Genetics supplier
Quality genetics is critical to ensuring resilient poultry and superior poultry products. May also supply training to smallholder farmers.
Research institutions
Research plays an important role in continuous improvement of the program, for example, identifying the best seed genetics for various cotton fabric end uses.
Traceability
The process of tracking the provenance and journey of products and their inputs, from the very start of the supply chain through to end-use.
Cotton standards
Producing cotton to globally recognised ethical standards provides a point of differentiation in the market, helping smallholder farmers achieve greater returns.
Testing lab
Provides cotton testing services to help the program demonstrate cotton quality, such as fibre length, strength, micronaire and colour.
Farm input suppliers
The LINC Enterprise may purchase farm inputs in bulk on behalf of smallholder farmer members to secure more favourable pricing. Farm inputs include fertiliser, seed and crop protection.
Processors
Transforming seeded (raw) cotton into garments requires multiple processing stages – ginning, spinning and weaving, and cut-make-trim. Collaborative relationships throughout the value chain are required to achieve commercially sustainable outcomes.
Clothing retailer
Global retailer working with the program to develop a sustainable cotton sourcing program, including their commitment to achieving 100% sustainably sourced cotton within the next three years, and a primary program funder. The program provides risk management benefits to the cotton retailer by diversifying cotton sourcing regions, enabling a point of differentiation to its customers to improve market share and stronger margins, and playing a role in the retailer’s employee engagement program.
LINC enterprise
A Long-term Inclusive (LINC) Enterprise (a type of social enterprise) is often at the crux of our programs. The purpose of a LINC Enterprise is to protect the community’s interests by reducing risk to smallholder farmers and redistributing power in their favour. The structure of the LINC Enterprise is determined by the best business model for the community (e.g., cooperative, franchise, partnership). Over time, scale is achieved as the LINC Enterprise matures and its membership grows to impact more smallholder farmers and the broader community.