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AgroMantaro
PE
AgroMantaro is a Peruvian agro processor of artichokes and jalapenos that sources from small scale farmers throughout Peru and has located its processing plant in the central Peruvian Andes. By maintaining long term relationships with customers like General Mills and McCain AgroMantaro provides a steady income to hundreds of small scale farmers as well as job security for more than 600 employees at its processing plant 90 percent of whom are women employed in their first formal job. AgroMantaro's growth is critical in these rural regions where most farmers earn little income and unemployment is at 30 percent. Since becoming a Root Capital client in 2010 AgroMantaro has been able to increase sales and production by 50 percent.
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Consorcio Agro-artesanal Dulce Orgánico (CADO)
EC
Consorcio Agro artesanal Dulce Organico (CADO) is a cooperative of small scale sugarcane growers in the Ecuadoran Andean region that distills organic alcohol from sugarcane for use in perfumes soaps and other cosmetics. Through a combination of environment friendly farming gender inclusive membership practices and positive social impact CADO and its president Cecilia Arcos attracted the attention of international buyers like Dr. Bronner's and The Body Shop. With these valuable market connections support from local NGOs and Root Capital financing CADO has become the first ever exporter of fair trade and organic certified alcohol and has seen its sales volume nearly triple in the last two years.
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing |
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Damsels in Design
United States of America
The Damsels of Design were originally a group of nine female designers from Pratt Institute who were plucked by General Motors' Head of Styling Harley Earl to design cars. Earl knew the way to sell more cars would be to appeal to more women who were making the buying decisions in 1950s suburban households. His industry foresight worked and GM hosted a Spring Fashion Festival of Women Designed Cars in 1958 to showcase the work of the talented Damsels.
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Destiny Reflection
India
In 2007 Smarita and Becky founded Destiny. We are an organisation based in in Kolkata India whose goal is to end human trafficking and modern slavery in the region. Our aim is not simply to save girls from trafficking or sexual exploitation but to make certain that they are not compelled to go back into the trade due to social and economic pressures.Destiny comprises two divisions which work in tandem Destiny Foundation is our charitable wing and Destiny Reflection is our social business wing. Destiny Reflection recruits women from shelter homes and brothels and gives them training and employment opportunity. All of our employees are survivors of trafficking. Re trafficking is always a risk for vulnerable women without economic empowerment.Destiny Foundation run several charitable programs which support vulnerable girls and women. We work in shelter homes provide home stay accommodation for young women and provide community support for women in Kolkata s brothel areas.
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Musasa
In 2005 the Dukundekawa coffee cooperative also known as Musasa became Root Capital s first client in Africa. Since its founding in 2004 Musasa has grown from 300 to more than 1800 membersamong them many women who were made widows by the 1994 genocide. Today some of Musasa s key managers are women and the cooperative is pioneering new business opportunities for its female members.
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing |
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Pangoa
Peru
Cooperativa Agraria Cafetalera Pangoa (Pangoa) is a Fair Trade and organic certified coffee cooperative located in San Martin de Pangoa Peru. Pangoa's 207 active members are smallholder farmers who cultivate shade grown coffee on the slopes rising from the lowland jungle to the highlands in the region of Junin.
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PRODECOOP
Nicaragua
Founded in 1993 Promotora de Desarrollo Cooperativo de Las Segovias Sociedad Anonima (PRODECOOP) is a second level coffee processing and marketing association serving 2300 smallholder farmers from 40 cooperatives in Nicaragua s north central mountains. A registered Fair Trade organization PRODECOOP is one of the largest coffee farmer organizations in Nicaragua.
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Produits du Sud
Produits du Sud is a Malian company that works with rural farmers to harvest and sell valuable resins from indigenous Gum Arabic and Gum Karaya trees. The business has been extremely successful and European demand for the products is high. Resin harvesting also offers the benefits of reforestation and the diminished removal of trees.
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing |
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Raymisa
Peru
Raymisa is a Peruvian producer and exporter of sustainable textiles, furniture, and home décor products. A Root Capital client since 2007, Raymisa provides traditional artisans with opportunities to use their skills to make a living. By providing markets for their goods, Raymisa increases incomes for hundreds of artisans and their families. This helps to stabilize rural communities, and to ensure that Peruvian crafts will be kept alive by a new generation of artisans.
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing |
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SOPPEXCCA
Nicaragua
SOPPEXCCA (Asociacion de Desarrollo Integral Productivo CocolenseProductive Development Association of Cocola) is a Fair Trade and organically certified coffee grower cooperative located in the jungles of Jinotega Nicaragua where 65% of the nation s coffee is grown. The coffee cooperative is known for its emphasis on gender inclusion and the empowerment of women farmers 40 percent of its members are women.
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Sunshine Agro Products Limited
Belgium
The aim of our existence is to create a positive impact for people in rural areas through agricultural production. The concept of the business focuses on promoting agriculture as a business for rural farmers and by so doing they focus on providing skills directly through training farmers providing to farmers direct contacts with inputs suppliers providing direct and sustainable markets by buying back quality produce from farmers. Finally the concept focuses on branding and packaging those products and selling to local regional and international retailers and consumers. This is the only way they can help improve the livelihoods of thousands of poor people.
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