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Developing Entrepreneurship in Value Chains of Cinnamomum tamala (Bay Leaf): Linking Poor Producers to Markets of Essential Oils and Spices Value Chains: Policy linkages Giridhar A Kinhal Team Leader. Policy Environment: Value chain. An important element of value chain development
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Developing Entrepreneurship in Value Chains of Cinnamomumtamala(Bay Leaf): Linking Poor Producers to Markets of Essential Oils and SpicesValue Chains: Policy linkagesGiridhar A Kinhal Team Leader
Policy Environment: Value chain • An important element of value chain development • Intra & Inter sector policy issues: Multiple agencies
Forest Protection Continuum Commercial flow
Key Outputs of the Project • Innovations • in systems (markets) • in processes (access to resources) and • in harvesting arrangements • Improved capacities and information • Better prices – double from last harvest • Public, private and civil society partnerships. • Participatory Monitoring systems
Lessons Learned • Need for multiple stakeholders collaboration • Interventions should be acceptable to key stakeholders • Careful selection of NGO partners for social mobilization and facilitation of VC process • Monitoring and evaluation is vital
Opportunities Ahead • A model for sustainable development of MAPs/NTFPs in Uttarakhand. • To strengthen community participation in NTFP management • Local rotation system for MAPs collection (Proposal) • Simplified processes for inventorying NTFPs and developing sustainable harvesting plans • Inter-agency collaboration for coordination
Proposal for Localised Rotation System • Gels well with “only by local people” • Lends sustainability • Good market control Felling series A Year 3 Year 2 Year 3 Year 2 Year 1 Year 1 Felling series B
Opportunities Ahead • To develop appropriate infrastructure for value addition and marketing and enhance value-share of local people • “Floating mandi” system – Taking market to the people’s door-steps -empowering the poor to participate in markets. • Diversify and strengthen local livelihoods based on NTFPs.
Challenges • Enabling & progressive policy support • Development of processes and systems to implement the lessons: Continuation, Replication & adaptation • Capacity Development of different stakeholders: Policy • Infrastructure and finance: Policy • Implementation – issues of multiple stakeholders roles • Balancing conservation with economic development