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Micro Enterprises

A way to economic empowerment

Producer organisations for strengthening livelihood  

We are working with marginal women farmers across geographies. Our livelihood model is comprising with mobilisation, analysis of local resources and skill set, enhances resources and skill sets, development of products, pricing, packaging and people to access or linking with market for sustainable livelihood.

As we know and experiences reveals that small and marginal farmers and artisans as individuals face diverse challenges such as low income, limited or no access to the right inputs, inadequate knowledge of modern  techniques, and a lack of direct and suitable market access, which is hampering the growth and development of the small and marginal farmers. In that context we are promoting the producer organisation and enterprises to unleash the potential of rural communities which include rural farmers, artisans and many more.

In the modern era of start-ups and digital revolution, there are lot of scope for promoting entrepreneurship among rural youth and women. We provide support to youths on trainings, mentoring, networking, seed funding, financial linkages and other needs-based support. This played a game changer for holistic development of the marginal youths and women.

Our interventions are aligned with Sustainable Development Goals 2030 ( SDGs) GOAL 1: No Poverty, GOAL 5: Gender Equality, GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Production Cluster

Social enterprises for addressing social problems

To improve local economy, we need adequate improving market linkages and infrastructure support. Which can be storages, transport and, most important, organizing farmer-producer groups so that people can produce and reach the market in a more coordinated manner. Information symmetry on markets is very critical in all value chain intervention so that people get better realization for their produce.

We believe that important strand is to build the skills of people and help them become entrepreneurs. Marketing linkages and transport can provide work in both immediate, medium and long run as well. Opportunities can be created in villages and small towns to set up local village enterprises. Agro-processing needs medium-level entrepreneurs and required collectivization. It’s difficult for small and marginal farmers to set up an agro-processing unit. Mostly investors don’t want to go to small towns, remote rural areas, because of infrastructure, transport, electricity and perhaps some law-and-order issues. Mostly bank linkages are not happening adequately. So, there is need to investment from philanthropic. Promoting Producer Organizations can be one of the important interventions.

Mobilization and leveraging of bigger processing units downscale their smaller units to towns and villages can have multiple impacts. It will take the urbanization process into smaller towns.  It will help to grow small towns and convert in growth centers. The villages will be better places to live, and it will check distress migration.

Currently we are striving for unleashing the potential of women through promoting enterprises. We have promoted enterprises units where women are engaging in production of spices, pulses, pickle and Apparel, crafts products and agriculture value chain as well. To set up robust farmer-producer institutions which will have capital and the risk-taking ability to set up processing zones. There is need to help from all the government, philanthropic for making it sustainable so that large chunk of rural community can benefit.

Food Products

Women farmers are engaged in production, procurement, processing and packaging of variety of spices (Turmeric, Coriander, Chili, Garam Masala, Fennel, Cumin, Maithi Dana, Black Pepper and Amchoor), Pickles (Mango, Garlic, Chilli, Turmeric, Lisoda and lemon), Lentils, Dairy products, Honey and Mustard oils with new generation packing and marketing with their own Katori™ brand

Artisans Product

Women artisans are engaged in production of garments and craft products and marketing with their own Upaya brand

Artisans Product

Women artisans are engaged in production of garments and craft products and marketing with their own Upaya brand

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Impact Stories

What People Say

  • Nusrat Pathan
    We are happy to collaborate with Manjari Foundation under Social Initiative Parivartan. Parivartan and Manjari share a common goal of bringing about a comprehensive and sustainable development at the grassroots. The partnership has brought about a positive change through several thematic interventions including micro-enterprise development, capacity building, health, and education. As a result of this initiative, we have seen effective community engagement and empowerment and the resident of Dholpur district (Rajasthan) continue to get benefitted. We will continue to work on similar projects to improve the lives of the less privileged through our Holistic Rural Development Programme.
    Ms Nusrat Pathan, Head Corporate Social Responsibility, HDFC Bank
  • ‘Sakhi’ means a friend in Hindi, someone who stands by in trying times and during jubilations too. 26500+ women from across 2212 SHG’s and 6 Federation have come together to be the same for each other by making Micro Finance work for them. Sakhi is a platform of rural women which aims at economic well-being, reduction in poverty, self-dependence, and development of personal and social standing in the society through establishing Micro Finance and Micro Enterprises. Hindustan Zinc Limited together with its partners Saheli Sameti and Manjari Foundation are working towards unlocking their potential and empowering them to lead as Enablers.
    Mrs. Anupama Nidhi, CSR HEAD HZL
  • Manjari Foundation is IPE Global’s implementation partner in Dholpur, Rajasthan under the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), UK supported Project Udaan that aims at reducing teenage pregnancies. They have been instrumental in successfully piloting interventions for improving the knowledge of adolescents around sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in Bari block of Dholpur. Their efforts in organizing a team to take up the issue of adolescent SRH and facilitating its implementation with great sensitivity across the block has not only been recognized by the district administration, but has also paved way for attempting a scale-up across the district. Their coordination with the community-level institutions, local government bodies and the target group has been noteworthy and exemplary.
    Mr. Ashish Banerjee, IPE Global
  • Without larger vision and dedication of the team of MF and its leadership, both vertical and horizontal growth would have never been possible to pick up at this level in this short history of its evolution. Since I have been associated with the Sakhi project of MF funded by Hindustan Zinc for the last 2 years, the happiness and confidence seen in their faces of hundreds of women in the villages proves its vitality. I have also witnessed the UN-women funded second chance education project (SCE) being implemented in 3 districts under the guidance of PRADAN is a much worthy to reach out to those young women in the age group of 16-35 who have been deprived in their childhood with the education, skills and employment are now happily enrolled and trained to overcome these deprivations with much positive outcome. While writing all these statements, I recall each visit to the project area to witness the change processes that were taking place within those women who had never dreamed of being so empowered and self-reliant so soon in their lifetimes.
    Binod Raj Dahal, Integrator- PRADAN
  • Our collaboration with Manjari has allowed us to better understand the approach of solidarity groups and concretely towards the empowerment of women in the commune of Logo.The participation of Indian PRCs has been beneficial because the women have appropriated easily by seeing that they are rural women Indian women who share their experiences with them. The Camide team was formed by the professionals of Manjari with enthusiasm and professionalism and is able to reproduce most of the activities. This period of collaboration opens up prospects for our two structures to replicate the model in Mali and Africa. We again thank Manjari for all the efforts made for Camide and particularly the Director Sanjay Kumar. We were able to reach more than 2,500 women and more than 180 million CFA francs of credit granted four test henhouses substantial support for the winter and market gardening campaign in terms of results thank you.
    Mr. Aou Keita, Director Camide, Kayes, Mali, West Africa
  • Development of Corporate Citizenship (DoCC), the social internship program of SPJIMR has been collaborating with Manjari Foundation since 2015. This has been fruitful relationship for us. I want to emphasise the four following themes. First the internships give our students a different idea of leadership which also gives them a sense of requirements for the future and adds to the ethics of sociological content. The participants acquire a notion of innovation- both social and technical which gives them a systemic view of the society. Such an empirical location gives them both a sense of limits and possibilities of what they can do. Environmental consciousness and gender sensitivity constitute two critical parts of social responsibility as we define it today. The participants of the internship understand what these key concepts mean in everyday sense. Internship at Manjari adds to their imagination in this direction. We value this relationship.
    Dr. Chandrika Parmar, S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research

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