Rural Microenterprise Transformation Project (RMTP)
SSS, from the very beginning, has been implementing a set of activities on the enterprise and employment generation emphasizing rural and fundamental economy. Mainly, the Rural Microenterprise Transformation Project (RMTP) works for modernizing and accelerating the basic economy, under which, a value chain and subproject–the Extension and Marketing of High-valued Fruit and Crop. The organization started off the project in Fulbaria and Bhaluka Upazillas of Mymensingh and Madhupur and Ghatail Upazillas of Tangail through nine branches, financed by IFAD and DANIDA and Technical Supported by PKSF on 1 February 2022. The core goal of the project is—to increase income, ensure food security and develop nutrition of marginalized farmer and micro-entrepreneur families. The high-valued fruits and crops under the project: MD-2 Pineapple, G-9 Banana, Coffee, Special Pomelo, Litchi and Jackfruit, Rambutan, Longan, Persimmon, Avocado, Yellow Malta etcetera are selected.
Objectives:
- Encouraging the entrepreneurs about ecological-farming to ensure supply of safe products;
- Creating technology-based micro-entrepreneurs and farmers on high-valued fruit, spice and grainy foods production and generating income;
- Enhancing entrepreneurs on the goods of high-valued product processing and marketing;
- Innovating new products and employments in this sector;
- Upgrading the local materials and service market of the products and engendering employment and sustainability;
- Developing market system according to environment and climate changes, safe foods production and nutrient standard;
- Boosting up the participation of women and young generation in economic activities.
Activities:
Activities under the project: arranging training and workshop, cultivating fruit and crop through organic system, setting up demo farm, producing and marketing verity products, preparing modules on high-valued fruits and crops cultivation and leaflets and manuals on technology, providing technical and financial services and the same are expressly mentionable. A total of 6,000 farmer families in the selected area get the opportunity from the project, wherein the scheduled period of it is till 31 December 2024.
Table: Activities of RMTP Project
| SL. | Particulars | Achievement
in 2023-24 |
Cumulative
On 30 June 2024 |
| 1. | District Coverage (No.) | 02 | 02 |
| 2. | Upazilla Coverage (No.) | 04 | 04 |
| 3. | Branch (No.) | 04 | 04 |
| 4. | Beneficiary (No. of Families) | 1,000 | 6,000 |
| 5. | Demo (G-9 Banana, Rambutan, Yellow Malta, Pineapple, etc) Farm (No.) | 232 | 400 |
| 6. | Arrangement of Workshop (No.) | 00 | 04 |
| 7. | Arrangement of Training (No. of Batch) | 124 | 342 |
| 8. | Arrangement of Field-Day (No.) | 00 | 02 |
| 9. | Developing Irrigation System (No.) | 02 | 03 |
| 10. | Developing Collection Centre (No.) | 01 | 01 |
| 11. | New Product Designing, Processing, Packaging, Certification an d Branding (Coffee Machine-1 & Chips Maker-2) | 02 | 03 |