08te-5281 - Small orthodox tea farmers go for cooperatives!
Tea Sector Service Centre (TEASEC) is the first organised institution for orthodox tea producing smallholders in the Eastern Himalayan Region in Nepal. The mission of TEASEC is to provide services to the small growers (85% of the tea of this region is produced by them) and enterprises to produce high quality orthodox tea and to generate sustainable incomes. SNV Nepal is actively supporting (advisory support) TEASEC in partnership with Agriterra . TEASEC submits a inclusive project proposal to SNV, AGriterr and JICA (third donor for TEASEC), which comes down to: 1. Capacity strengthening of cooperatives, district federations and TEASEC (to be supported by Agriterra) 2) Improved tea cultivation technology delivery to the farmers in Dhankuta and Terhathum to be supported by Agriterra (JICA program is covering such activities in Ilam and Panchthar ) 3) Code of Conduct (CoC) implementation in Ilam, Panchthar and Dhankuta to be supported by SNV 4) Support for small tea processor in Ilam, Panchthar, Dhankuta and Terhathum to be supported by SNV 5) SIGE / Special support for Women tea labour and Women tea farmers cooperatives to be supported by SNV