Introduction
Rajarani Small Farmer Tea Producers Cooperative Society was established in 2065 B.S. by the 25 tea farmers with the objective of commercializing the tea farmers of Chaubise Rural Municipality of Dhankuta district. This cooperative is located at Chubise Dhankuta. Embracing the principles of cooperatives and their basic values and norms, this cooperative is actively working to bring improvements in the living standards of its members, mainly through encouraging tea production, collecting and selling green leaves tea produced by its member, processing and marketing of tea, providing proper training and agricultural equipment required for tea and providing financial and non-financial services.
At present, a total of 31 farmers, including 6 women and 25 men, have taken membership in this cooperative with 7.75 Hector of tea cultivation. This cooperative is affiliated with the District Cooperative Federation Dhankuta, Tea Producers Cooperative Federation Dhankuta, Central Tea Cooperative Federation and National Cooperative Bank.
Vision
The idea behind Rajarani Cooperative is to expand tea production, processing, marketing, and creating tourist attractions on vacant land to improve the living standards of farmers.
Mission
To provide organic green tea leaf production, factory establishment and processing, marketing, tourist attractions, fertilizer production and savings/credit and other financial services to the members, in addition to creating a self-employment environment by enhancing the skills and capabilities of the members, and to develop as a long-term cooperative.
Goal
Complying with the prevailing cooperative act and regulations within the scope of the cooperative, to promote the economic, social, and cultural development of the cooperative and its members, through extending tea production and marketing.
Objective
- To produce organic green tea leaves, to raise public awareness among members in this regard, to modernize organic tea,
- To acquire modern technical knowledge and skills in organic tea production and to produce quality tea by producing tea nurseries.
- To organize tea farmers and encourage them to cultivate tea commercially,
- To organize through cooperatives to manage the market for the leaves produced by the farmers and to coordinate with the national and international trade sector,
- To enhance the technical knowledge and skills of tea farmers related to organic tea cultivation,
- To coordinate advocacy with non-governmental cooperatives, cooperatives, government agencies, the private sector, and individuals to solve the problems of tea farmers,
- To help tea farmers obtain loans at affordable interest rates,
- To make farmers aware and vigilant to conduct additional income-generating activities,
- To take the initiative in establishing processing factories for the produced green leaves,
- To provide loans and grants to expand offices, factories, and tea plantations in accordance with the objectives of the cooperative, in collaboration with various government, non-governmental, and other national and international cooperatives and institutions.
Additional objectives:
- To reduce the financial burden of members by providing organic fertilizers and pesticides and selling daily necessities at reasonable prices through cooperative shops,
- To increase the attraction of farmers towards organic farming by conducting observation tours of places where organic farming systems are adopted,
- To process organic green tea produced by farmers at low cost and arrange a market in the country,
- To try to stop the sale and distribution of harmful pesticides,
- To provide all kinds of necessary technical support to farmers,
- To conduct daily operations as provided in the Cooperative Act, rules and regulations, keeping the interests of the cooperative and members in mind, and to acquire, purchase, sell, exchange, transfer, deposit, mortgage, etc. Y To increase self-reliance, mutual cooperation and thrift among the members involved in the cooperative and to save regularly.
- To increase income sources and employment opportunities to improve the economic, social and educational status of the members of the cooperative.
- To provide interest to the depositors on their deposits at a competitive rate if deposits are received from the members regularly.
- To provide loans to the members at a specified interest rate for productive, income-generating and skill-generating purposes.
- To establish direct contact with the bodies that provide the services and facilities required by the members.
- To accept donations and grants received from donor cooperatives without any conditions.
- To maintain a cooperative spirit with local, regional, national and international cooperatives that have similar objectives to achieve its objectives.
- To conduct income-generating projects for the development of the members and the cooperative.
- To assist in the economic and social upliftment of the weak and low-income individuals and groups in the society.
- To provide assistance to the cooperative