| The Indictment of Awesome Poverty |
Kenya is one of the sub-saharan African nations with awesome
poverty. 55% of the population is the official figure for absolute
poverty, earning less than $1 day, but the reality may be closer to 80%.
What an indictment is that! Indicted are successive governments of Kenya
but perhaps equally responsible are governments and peoples of our world.
The poor need the
shackles of poverty removed by market led business development that
gives them a decent livelihood and the ability to stay at peace
where their roots and cultures are. You can help them through us.
Do it now.
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| Our mission and what we do |
| Our mission is to provide fair trade market services to eradicate
poverty. We achieve by identifying market opportunity and bring large
groups (Farmers Action Associations of about 500 actives) into the
supply line by providing supply contracts for agricultural crops.
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| Why is the fair trade business based on agriculture? |
| Most of the poor are rural based people who access land and depend
upon their husbandry skills for survival. Volume opportunities exist
for many food and industrial products.
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| Our 5 year objectives |
| To bring 40,000 people of Kenya’s Western Province from the misery of
absolute poverty by volume production and fair trade marketing of
oilseeds, pulses, field fruits, spices and tree crops. Incomes will
rise above $1 day and Farmers Action Associations will be consolidated,
well managed and transferring to private business status with a second
five year fair trade contract with Farmers Own.
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| The ten year vision |
| Eight private companies (each with ten Farmers Action Associations as
branches) will be producing and trading with Farmers Own. Farmers Own
will be a recognised ethnic fair trade brand successfully marketing raw
materials and processed products domestically, to the region and to
Europe. Incomes of the rural participants will have increased to $5 day
or more. Alliances and partnerships with established businesses will
enable processing and Farmers Own will be processing some products in
its own facilities. Turnover will be in excess of $40,000,000.
Farmers Own have some annual surplus to invest in new pro-poor
market led business development.
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| The Farmers Own entity. |
| Our history goes back to 1992.
In those years many development challenges have been overcome and
successes achieved. Development lessons have been learned and applied.
Today Farmers Own is still innovating at the leading edge, and it does
deliver. You can help it grow.
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