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SELCO over the last two decades has been striving to provide sustainable solutions, to under-served communities, that can enable better delivery of livelihoods, health and education. The primary philosophy being to eradicate poverty permanently an eco-system approach needs to be applied where the poor become asset owners and creators. The crisis SELCO was trying to mitigate was climate change and its effect on the poor communities.
The present crisis of COVID-19 is no different, but just that it has happened extremely suddenly and has impacted all parts of the society at once. Again, the biggest victims of this ongoing crisis are the poor. SELCO’s again believes the eco-system approach will help come up with appropriate solutions to the problems being created by COVID-19.
There are multiple interventions SELCO has furloughed and one of the most critical being in the health vertical. Working with experts from the medical field across the world, grassroots level health focussed NGOs and local governments SELCO has mapped out the initial set of interventions. The document presents some of the most critical ones that along with the stakeholders, the consortium would implement, and that then can replicated by others in different regions.
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Consultations held with experts in the Indian Agricultural Sector on 13th-15th May, 2020
Consultation Sessions held between the SELCO Foundation staff and prominent experts and practitioners in the rice value chain covered the challenges across three key aspects- the effects of COVID-19 on the agricultural practice and market, main challenges in the said value chain and the ecosystem of solutions which can be devised to overcome them using technology, finance and linkages.
The consultation was held with the following people:
- Malatesh Puttannavar, District Agricultural Training Centre, Karnataka
- Satish, DDM, NABARD, Karnataka
- Dwarika Mohan Das, Scientist, KVK
- Paamayan, Organic Farmer and Director at ADISIL NGO, Tamil Nadu
- Asaad Jaffer, Founder, Alto Precision, Bangalore, Karnataka
- Vishra, Vishra Agro Solutions, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
- V . Geethalakshmi Director (Crop Management), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu
- Revathi, Organic Farmer & Director, Inspire Foundation, Tamil Nadu
- Mahendra, LEADS NGO, Jharkhand
- Sharif Khan, TSRD NGO, East Singhbum, Jharkhand
- Chandrapati Yadav, LGSS NGO, Lohdaga, Jharkhand
- Father Sylvanus, AROS
- Ramkrishna, Rice Hulling Entrepreneur, Karnataka
Consultations held with experts in the Indian Dairy Sector on 7-9th May, 2020
Consultation Sessions held between the SELCO Foundation staff and prominent experts and practitioners in the Cold Chain and owners of Cold Storage Enterprises covered the challenges across three key aspects- the effects of COVID-19 on the market, main challenges across the value chain and the ecosystem of solutions which can be devised to overcome them using technology, finance and linkages.
The consultation was held with the following people:
- Mr Ahmed Zakaria, President of the Kalang Kapil Krishi Unnayan Samiti – A Farmer Society
- Shahandaaz Hussain, Founder of Vista Business
- Mr Hanumantharaju, Shivaganga FPO
- Mr Jithender, Proprietor at Foodsta Supply Chain Private Limited
- Mr. Debasis Pati, Program Coordinator in Harsha Trust
- Mr. Sasanka Singh, Director and Co-founder of HighBee
Consultations held with experts in the Indian Textiles Sector in May, 2020
Consultation Sessions held between the SELCO Foundation staff and prominent experts and practitioners in the cotton farming and textile value chain covered the challenges across three key aspects- the effects of COVID-19 on the practice and market, main challenges in the said value chain and the ecosystem of solutions which can be devised to overcome them using technology, finance and linkages.
The consultation was held with the following people:
- Mr. Channu Hiremath, Cotton Production Consultant, WWF India
- Mr. Swaminathan, Vice President , Organic Farming Association of India (OFAI)
- Mr. Anshul and Ms. Prerna, Urmul
- Mr. Sundarraj, Motherland Cotton
- Mr. Benudhar Pradhan, Development Officer, KVIC- Kalahandi Odisha
Consultations held with experts in the Indian Dairy Sector on 7-9th May, 2020
Consultation Sessions held between the SELCO Foundation staff and prominent experts and practitioners in the Dairy Value Chain covered the challenges across three key aspects- the effects of COVID-19 on the dairy market, main challenges across the value chain and the ecosystem of solutions which can be devised to overcome them using technology, finance and linkages.
The consultation was held with the following people:
- Ms. Bhuvaneshwari, District Development Manager, NABARD, Theni, Tamil Nadu
- Mr Anand and Mr Rudra Aditya Milk Federation, Belgaum, Karnataka
- Mr Manjunatha DegaviDairy Farming Entrepreneur, Bailhongala, Karnataka
- Bikash Bharali Dairy Farming Entrepreneur and Leader, Gilaghat, Assam
- Mr Nitin Goel Founder, Inficold
Consultations held with experts in the Indian Poultry Sector on 5-6th May, 2020
Consultation Sessions held between the SELCO Foundation staff and prominent experts and practitioners in the Poultry Value Chain covered the challenges across three key aspects- the effects of COVID-19 on the poultry market, main challenges in the poultry across the value chain and the solutions which can be devised to overcome them using technology, finance and linkages.
The consultation was held with the following people:
- Dr Kallul Bohra Executive Director, Harsha Trust, Odisha
- Dr Elangovan Principal Scientist, ICER-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology (NIANP)
- Mr. RaghunathCEO, Bissamcuttack Poultry Cooperative Limited, Odisha
- Mr Krishnamurthy Poultry Farmer, Chamarajanagara, Karnataka
- Dr. Sharath Veterinary Doctor, Mysore, Karnataka