Based on the functions, Setara/NTFP Indonesia can provide service for community and other stakeholders, among others are:
Setara Foundation manages knowledge, information, and skill formed to be available and useable for producer communities and other stakeholders that need it. The form of this service among others are:
- Information on producer community and its products
- Information on market based product development
- Market information and its chanelling
- Information on related institution and competent expert in production, product development and its market access.
Setara cooperates with research institution conducted R&D especially related to production aspect and community’s product development. Research and development aimed mainly to find added value given to existing community’s product to get better market. Several developed technique among other are; symplicia manufacture, essence oil manufacture, sorting technique and grading, production standardizing and post crop, and others. End result of R&D in form of product development recommendation in community along with the intervention strategy with consideration of technical factor and local social aspect and of course the market potential.
Capacity building is prioritized for producer community in order to build its knowledge and skill in production, product developing, and marketing in relation with sustainable community enterprises. The forms of capacity building are: training, technical expert assistance and producer community exchange, and others.
There are at least 3 things can be done by Setara/NTFP Indonesia in regard of market access:
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MARKET INFORMATION (CLEARING HOUSE) AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.
Continuous market information service for producer communities about their product price and product development potential.
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MARKET CHANELLING (CONFIRMATION HOUSE).
Brokering / channeling producer community with buyers/exporters. The roles of market channelings are strategic, especially for wholesale trade. Wholesale trade is more profitable because usually it is continuous and fast moving, thus it is more secure for producer.
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TRADING HOUSE.
When possible, this institution also conducts direct trading (especially retail) with community with buying mechanism, stocking, product development and selling.
In managing its function and services Setara Foundation is partnering with related network inside and outside the country. The partners can be a capacity building partners, product development, and/or market access. They are competent partner; among others are research institutions, NGOs as community’s assistant, related government and private institution. Setara Foundation becomes part of Fair Trade movement (Indonesia Fair Trade Forum / FFTI) aims to develop fair trade based on sustainable principle. At a global level Setara becomes initiative signatory and also member of the United Nation Global Compact, which is initiated by the United Nation to promote a movement for environmental and social concern of business in Indonesia. Setara Foundation also becomes initiator and active in several NTFP networks in Indonesia, among others are: Indonesia Forest Honey Network (JMHI), Rattan Network, and Volatile and Medicine Plant Network. Setara also actively involves in the organic movement by becoming member of networks, which concern in organic issues.
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