The aim of grouping the households into cooperatives is to ensure that all the households produce are being purchase and commercialize through the work of the cooperative. This is to ensure that cooperative members can sell their produce at a higher price. Also the cooperative will make savings through the Biodiversity Community Trust (BCT) and microcredit will also be given to the cooperative to carry out investment activities. At this stage all the benefits (100%) will go back to the cooperative for reinvestment. To ensure continuity of the cooperative, The Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) through her Social Business Division (Silver Back Company Limited) will then buy all the produce from the cooperative at a price higher than the cost price so that the cooperative can make some profit.
There is collaboration between community members and the Environment and Rural Development Foundation.
Community members understand the important of cooperative society to local economic development.
Community members capacity built on the management of Cooperative and Cooperative enterpries.
Commitment of community members towards the Protection of their environment.
The learsons learned include; more funds needed to intensify the implementation, lack of collaboration by some members of the community,