Introduction
Kulkule Tea and Coffee Producer Small Farmers' Cooperative Society Ltd., located in Tehrathum, was established in 2057 registered under the number 25/2057/2058. The cooperative consists of 35 members, including 4 women and 31 men. It is affiliated with the Central Tea Cooperative Federation Nepal and the District Tea Cooperative Federation, Tehrathum, working towards promoting tea and coffee cultivation, addressing rural unemployment, facilitating processing and marketing, and contributing to environmental conservation.
By cultivating organic tea and Coffee Kulkule Tea and Coffee Producer Small Farmers' Cooperative Society Ltd. seek to enhance the income levels of low-income farmers, enabling them to sustainably fulfill their basic needs. To achieve this, Kulkule Tea and Coffee Producer Small Farmers' Cooperative Society Ltd. organized themselves, bringing together available resources, locally produced or collected materials, skills, knowledge, and information.
Goal
To foster socio-economic and cultural development based on needs.
Objectives:
- Encourage tea and coffee cultivation
- Address the problem of unemployment in rural areas
- Process and market the produced tea and coffee
- Conserve the environment and contribute to maintaining a clean atmosphere
Activities
- Provide organic fertilizers and pesticides to members and sell daily necessities at fair prices through a cooperative shop to reduce financial burdens.
- Organize exposure visits for farmers to locations practicing organic farming and promote organic agriculture.
- Arrange domestic market distribution for processed organic green tea.
- Work towards banning the distribution of harmful pesticides.
- Offer all necessary technical support to farmers.
- Improve the economic, social, and educational conditions of members by increasing income sources and employment opportunities.
- Offer competitive interest rates on deposits collected from members.
- Provide loans at specified interest rates for productive, income-generating, and skill-based activities.
- Maintain direct contact with service providers and relevant organizations to facilitate necessary services for members.
- Cooperate with local, regional, national, and international organizations with similar objectives.
- Implement income-generating projects for the development of members and the cooperative.
- Support economically and socially disadvantaged groups for their upliftment.