Services
- Mapping value chains and designing market-focussed value chain interventions
With the increasing complexity of supply chains, changing market dynamics and enhanced instability across sectors small scale producers are confronted with an acute need to enhance their competitiveness, and hence their productivity, uniqueness and ability to take advantage of evolving market systems. We work with businesses and development organisations to map complex supply chains, undertake value chain assessments and design competitive market focused interventions across farm, non-farm and forest produce supply chains.
We have undertaken a number of action-based research assignments, mapping some of the key non-farm, farm and forest based produce supply chains, and advising foundations and government institutions on strategic market interventions.
- Establishing socially responsible, transparent and fair supply chains across farm and non-farm sectors
Traidcraft brings significant experience of international trade and global supply chains. We help farmers, artisans, workers and small enterprises to gain the confidence, knowledge and opportunities they need to work together effectively, find markets for their products, and engage successfully in trade, giving them greater security for the future. We work with local public and private service providers to equip them with business skills and ensure that appropriate and affordable business support is available where it is needed.
Our programmes focusing on global supply chains in India are cotton, tea, jute and handcrafted textile. In all of our work on global supply chains, our priority is to increase the flow of benefits (financial, social, and environmental) to small and marginalised producers.
- Supporting producer collectives, capacity building and market access for economic growth and women’s economic empowerment
To survive in the market place, small producers need to be organised and tap their collective energies to deliver social and business gains. We help producer organisations assess their institutions, build their capacities on governance and business skills; and assist them in accessing relevant network, entitlements and market.
Women play multiple roles – as farmers, employees, workers, and entrepreneurs, however their contribution is often not recognised. Besides, they lack equal access to finance, opportunities and resources, including access to land and other productive assets, and technology. In all our work, we aim at women participating in and contributing to all economic activities fairly and equitably, such that the value of their contributions are recognised and rewarded
- Ensuring Best Practices And Policy-Making To Uphold Human Rights In Large, Medium, Small And Cottage Industries - Assuring Dignity In Labour
Global value chains are dominated by large multinationals and prominent brands across sectors which have commitments and responsibilities, largely guided by the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. We work with responsible brands and businesses to promote and assist in implementation of business and human rights principles across supply chains. We support establishment of best practices including in occupational health and safety, help workers to speak up and work collaboratively to create conditions in which labour rights can be accessed and overall well-being advanced.
- Generating learning through programme monitoring and evaluation:
Through managing and implementing our own development programmes in South Asia and East Africa, Traidcraft has developed extensive experience in monitoring and evaluation. Our commitment to understanding the impact of our programmes and driving continued learning and improving, requires that we utilise robust M&E methods, systems and tools. Our development interventions necessitate that we use both quantitative and qualitative methods and that we seek to gather the views of a variety of stakeholders to ensure triangulation of data and to enable greater depth of analysis.