Value Chain and Enterprise Development
SRSP works towards revitalizing rural economy, increase in income, poverty reduction and community empowerment through interventions in economic activities of the communities.
Enterprise Development
SRSP is one of the leading organizations committed to develop small scale enterprises and selected value chains for improving social and economic development of poor families.
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Our Enterprise Section
The Enterprise Section of SRSP follows a variety of strategies to promote small enterprises and economic growth. Most prominent of these is the demand driven value chain approach. This approach identifies constraints and opportunities along a value chain for different products and addresses them through capacity building, training, linkages, networking etc. A three years project with the CIDA funded MEDA project for seedlings value chain in Haripur has been a good learning ground for this approach. This has been replicated for Milk Production, Mushrooms, Honey Production, local cloth khaddar production in different regions and projects within SRSP. In BKPAP projects and Early Recovery Projects enterpreneurs have been identified and provided with grants and trainings to initiate projects with high success rates. The Vocational Training Programmes of SRSP plays an important part in different enterprise trainings and offers training according to local needs.
Similarly community investment funds and the micro finance programme make an important contribution to enterprise development by providing access to capital to the enterpreneurs. SRSP also works with the agri business fund to build enterprise groups and train them. The enterprise interventions of SRSP make an extra effort to be inclusive for marginalised groups like women
Farming Communities Learn To Earn More from Their Farms
I was working hard but could not get the anticipated reward and I had almost decided to cut down all my red persimmon trees and replace them with other fruit plants.
This has changed now. I have now learnt how to market my production and increase my income.
Shawl Making Business Interest Group (BIGs)
Talet is successful in creating employment and income earning opportunities for a large group of young women and her confidence level has been improved. The gender relations improved at her household level as she says that her husband and in laws have become very positive towards her enterprise and contribution in cash.
What’s Latest
Empowering Afghan Refugee Women in Charsadda: Vocational Training for Sustainable Livelihoods
SRSP, with the help of UNHCR Pakistan, has launched a three-month vocational training program in Charsadda to equip Afghan refugee women with skills for sustainable livelihoods. The program focuses on sole stitching and handbag making, providing both practical and...
Livelihood Training for Afghan Refugees
Youth belonging to Afghan and host communities (39 Afghan & 11 host) participated and completed one month employable skills training in various trades. The objective of this initiative was to train young men and women on technical and vocational skills, to be able...
Female Afghan Refugee training on Potato Farming
Afghan Refugee women of village Barakai, district Swabi KPK attended 5 days short-training on Potato farming. At the end of the training potato seeds and tool kits were provided to trainees to start the cultivation. After three months they have started to harvest...
Honey Marketing and Value Addition
Recently an advanced training of "Honey Marketing and Value addition" under “Aid to Uprooted People” project was conducted in Peshawar, in cooperation with The Marketing Heaven. 27 honey bee farmers from District Khyber were trained on Wax Products, Pollen...