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BOPA 4050 PUBLAC SECTOR PROERCT MEUNAOEMERVT CASESTUDY INTRODUCTION The "Chalimbana Dairy Cooperative", is locascd in Chongwe district in Lusaba Province, is a case that is imaginary, but inspirud by real life. THE CONTEXT The district of Cloongwe is locased in a Luska Province which is slowly peogressing in haman developenent and has expericriced relative economic growth and political stability over the past decade. Deyite these positive national trends, the district of Choegwe still fikes a number of developencent challenges such as unequal distribution of income, limited access to education and health, gender inequality and high youth uncmployment. Young people are inclined to migrate to urban arcas and gencrally do not consider agriculture an attractive enployment oppottanity. The district cconomy relies mainly on agricultare and suffers from low public and private investment and poot infrastructurc; half of the sector's output remains at subsistence level. Famers frequently form cooperatives that provide mainly supply and marketing services to their members. Processing of primary produce by cooperatives is not well developed in the dictrict. Chalimbana Cooperative is a dairy coopenative. It has 750 members, including woencn and young people. The members bring their milk to the cooperative's five collection centres twice a day. The collection centres transport the milk in cans to the main coopcrative collection site, from which it is sold to the one and only dairy processing plant in the district. The cooperative cmploys a manager and an accountant. The president, vice-president and maragement boasd members are elected and do their work on a voluantary basis. All Ieadership and management functions are filled by men. The Chalimbana cooperative aims to alleviate poverty among its members through a sustainable increase in income from cow's-milk production. In the next units for this course, we will come to taderstand how the cooperative can develop and implement such a plan and thereby mect members' necds and aspiations. PROBLEMS FACED BY THE COOPERATIVE On top of the challenges posed by the brouder context, the cooperative fices problems in its interaction with other agents, and suffers from internal problems: - Livestock discase: The high incikence of livestock disctse has rodaced the income of dairy famers. The lack of veterinary services and skills, as well as the impossibulity of famers getting insurance agains such hardhip, means that some have turned to aliemative means of livelthood. This has 11 resulted in fewer transactions between the nsembers and the cooperntive and thus in falling turnover for the cooperative. - Dormant nember base: Members, especially young poople, are dropping out or have become inactive, which threatens the democratic governanoe and coonomic viability of the cooperative. Will the cooperative be able to survive in the long run without young members? - Insufficient equipment: The coopentive does not have coolod storerooms nor serilizing facilitios to prevent the milk from getizing specled. Not does the cooperative have the equipencat to peoduce butter, cream, yoghurt or checse. Acocrdingly, the cooperative misses out on income-gencrating opportunitics, - Inadequate managensent, entreprencurial and technical skils: Chalimbana is highly dependent on its main buyer and has not ventured into additional business opportunities or diversification of activities. Its managanent board is not sufficiently versed in business management and entreprencurship. Members" techuical skills in peoduction of milk products are not well developed. - Gender and youth inequalify: The declining income for dairy farmers perticularly affects women and young members, who hwe fewcr qualifications and gencrally face more difficulties in acoessing: businexs servicex. Wemen lack asvets due to the inheritance Law. Young people also have difficulty obtaining credit. Furthermore, despite their efforts, women and young poople are not represented in cooperative leadenhip and mantgement fimeticets such as the management board and committees, - Limited social imestment: The cocperative used to invest in the social well-being of its members and their communities by firancing health oentres, school foes and the rehabilitation of farm-tomakket roads, Due to the lack of sumplus generated by the cooperative, members carmat decide to invert in such projects any more. STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED Several players in the district are concemed by the perfomsence of the Chalimbora cooperative, among them: - the members, in particular the women and young cartle famers and their househokls as well as the cooperative leaders: - the employoes of the cooperative (the manager and the accountant) - the dairy peocessing plant, the local supermarkets, and other enterpeises involvad in the dairy value chain; - the communities where coonomic activity and social wellbeing is influenoed by the cocperative, inchading youth who are not menubers of the cooperative and seck for incoene generating activities, 21 - the Chongwe vocational training centre, which is a branch of the Cooperative College in the capital, is responsible for providing training programmes to cooperative members, managers and leaders on cooperative education, technical skills as well as cooperative management and entrepreneurship training; - the microfinance institutions, including saving and credit cooperatives, which wish to expand and diversify theirclient'user portfolio; - the local government, which is responsible for implementing the district regulatory framework and providing basic services and infrastructure to the population; - the Ministries of Agriculture, Commerce, Trade and Industry and of Health, which, through their local departments or through the local govemment, should guarantee equal access to their services and promote the socio-economic development of the district; - the national union of dairy cooperatives, which provides business services to its primary society members and is a member of the national confederation of cooperatives; - the national confederation of cooperatives, which seeks to promote the sustainable development of cooperatives and to voice cooperative interests at the national policy level, as well as intemationally through its membership of the Intemational Co-operative Alliance. REQUIRED Prepare a Grant/Project Proposal for the Chalimbana Dairy Cooperative BOPA 4050 PUBLAC SECTOR PROERCT MEUNAOEMERVT CASESTUDY INTRODUCTION The "Chalimbana Dairy Cooperative", is locascd in Chongwe district in Lusaba Province, is a case that is imaginary, but inspirud by real life. THE CONTEXT The district of Cloongwe is locased in a Luska Province which is slowly peogressing in haman developenent and has expericriced relative economic growth and political stability over the past decade. Deyite these positive national trends, the district of Choegwe still fikes a number of developencent challenges such as unequal distribution of income, limited access to education and health, gender inequality and high youth uncmployment. Young people are inclined to migrate to urban arcas and gencrally do not consider agriculture an attractive enployment oppottanity. The district cconomy relies mainly on agricultare and suffers from low public and private investment and poot infrastructurc; half of the sector's output remains at subsistence level. Famers frequently form cooperatives that provide mainly supply and marketing services to their members. Processing of primary produce by cooperatives is not well developed in the dictrict. Chalimbana Cooperative is a dairy coopenative. It has 750 members, including woencn and young people. The members bring their milk to the cooperative's five collection centres twice a day. The collection centres transport the milk in cans to the main coopcrative collection site, from which it is sold to the one and only dairy processing plant in the district. The cooperative cmploys a manager and an accountant. The president, vice-president and maragement boasd members are elected and do their work on a voluantary basis. All Ieadership and management functions are filled by men. The Chalimbana cooperative aims to alleviate poverty among its members through a sustainable increase in income from cow's-milk production. In the next units for this course, we will come to taderstand how the cooperative can develop and implement such a plan and thereby mect members' necds and aspiations. PROBLEMS FACED BY THE COOPERATIVE On top of the challenges posed by the brouder context, the cooperative fices problems in its interaction with other agents, and suffers from internal problems: - Livestock discase: The high incikence of livestock disctse has rodaced the income of dairy famers. The lack of veterinary services and skills, as well as the impossibulity of famers getting insurance agains such hardhip, means that some have turned to aliemative means of livelthood. This has 11 resulted in fewer transactions between the nsembers and the cooperntive and thus in falling turnover for the cooperative. - Dormant nember base: Members, especially young poople, are dropping out or have become inactive, which threatens the democratic governanoe and coonomic viability of the cooperative. Will the cooperative be able to survive in the long run without young members? - Insufficient equipment: The coopentive does not have coolod storerooms nor serilizing facilitios to prevent the milk from getizing specled. Not does the cooperative have the equipencat to peoduce butter, cream, yoghurt or checse. Acocrdingly, the cooperative misses out on income-gencrating opportunitics, - Inadequate managensent, entreprencurial and technical skils: Chalimbana is highly dependent on its main buyer and has not ventured into additional business opportunities or diversification of activities. Its managanent board is not sufficiently versed in business management and entreprencurship. Members" techuical skills in peoduction of milk products are not well developed. - Gender and youth inequalify: The declining income for dairy farmers perticularly affects women and young members, who hwe fewcr qualifications and gencrally face more difficulties in acoessing: businexs servicex. Wemen lack asvets due to the inheritance Law. Young people also have difficulty obtaining credit. Furthermore, despite their efforts, women and young poople are not represented in cooperative leadenhip and mantgement fimeticets such as the management board and committees, - Limited social imestment: The cocperative used to invest in the social well-being of its members and their communities by firancing health oentres, school foes and the rehabilitation of farm-tomakket roads, Due to the lack of sumplus generated by the cooperative, members carmat decide to invert in such projects any more. STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED Several players in the district are concemed by the perfomsence of the Chalimbora cooperative, among them: - the members, in particular the women and young cartle famers and their househokls as well as the cooperative leaders: - the employoes of the cooperative (the manager and the accountant) - the dairy peocessing plant, the local supermarkets, and other enterpeises involvad in the dairy value chain; - the communities where coonomic activity and social wellbeing is influenoed by the cocperative, inchading youth who are not menubers of the cooperative and seck for incoene generating activities, 21 - the Chongwe vocational training centre, which is a branch of the Cooperative College in the capital, is responsible for providing training programmes to cooperative members, managers and leaders on cooperative education, technical skills as well as cooperative management and entrepreneurship training; - the microfinance institutions, including saving and credit cooperatives, which wish to expand and diversify theirclient'user portfolio; - the local government, which is responsible for implementing the district regulatory framework and providing basic services and infrastructure to the population; - the Ministries of Agriculture, Commerce, Trade and Industry and of Health, which, through their local departments or through the local govemment, should guarantee equal access to their services and promote the socio-economic development of the district; - the national union of dairy cooperatives, which provides business services to its primary society members and is a member of the national confederation of cooperatives; - the national confederation of cooperatives, which seeks to promote the sustainable development of cooperatives and to voice cooperative interests at the national policy level, as well as intemationally through its membership of the Intemational Co-operative Alliance. REQUIRED Prepare a Grant/Project Proposal for the Chalimbana Dairy Cooperative