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Internship at Agriterra with Dutch Student
Title: Developing
business plan and marketing skill of coffee cooperative
Client: KSU Asnikom, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Period: Starting in January 2018, duration of 12 to 20 weeks.
Assignment
KSU Asnikom is a cooperative established by groups of coffee farmers with being facilitated by activist of Pusat Pengembangan Sosial Ekonomi (PSE) Keuskupan Ruteng (the Center of Economical Social Development (CESD) of the Catholic church under Diocese of Ruteng –Flores) together with Veco Indonesia to develop the coffee sector in Manggarai district. The products offered by the cooperative are 4 types of beans coming from different type of plants: Arabica, Robusta, Yellow Catura and Juria.
KSU Asnikom is a cooperative established by groups of coffee farmers with being facilitated by activist of Pusat Pengembangan Sosial Ekonomi (PSE) Keuskupan Ruteng (the Center of Economical Social Development (CESD) of the Catholic church under Diocese of Ruteng –Flores) together with Veco Indonesia to develop the coffee sector in Manggarai district. The products offered by the cooperative are 4 types of beans coming from different type of plants: Arabica, Robusta, Yellow Catura and Juria.
With the need to strengthen the cooperative, the
cooperative wants to improve how they currently run their business. For
example, in terms of marketing, the management want to learn how to look for
buyer, open communication and negotiate with them; in terms of increasing
bookkeeping capacity, they see the need for their education department to be
able to teach village level groups how to conduct a simple recording/bookkeeping.
But the urgent need the cooperative face is to develop a business plan.
The business plan, later is to be used to apply for working capital and
investment.
We are looking for
The assignment will be carried out by a Netherlands
fourth year student and we are looking for a well-motivated Indonesian student/fresh graduate to
assist the Dutch intern. We expect the Indonesian student/fresh graduate to
study/ied at an agricultural university/technical college or business faculty of
an university who is interested to work at a coffee cooperative with an
international student.
The characteristics of the Indonesian intern we look
for are as follows: good communication, adventurous, discipline, fluency in
English, result-driven and willingness to work/live in Ruteng, East Nusa
Tenggara for three months and is prepared to work directly with coffee farmers.
Objectives of the Assignment
Main objective:
1. To develop cooperative business plan to be ready to presented to a bank
2. To do refreshment training for business plan development
Role of Indonesian Intern in the assignment
1. Assist Dutch
intern to gather information and data from farmers and other resources
2. Help the Dutch
intern in communicating (interpretation) and adapting to social settings
We will offer
·
One return trip from home location to the cooperative
·
Housing at the cooperative
·
Lunch and local transport for the study (offered by cooperative)
·
Remuneration to cover cost for food and pocket money (IDR
1,500,000/month)
·
Interesting experience
Application
Send your CV and a short letter of motivation to the Agriterra yuliati@agriterra.org before 11 Desember 2017
About Agriterra
Agriterra is an agri-agency founded and steered by the farmers’
organisations and agricultural cooperatives in the Netherlands. Its mandate is
to strengthen producers’ organisations and cooperatives worldwide. For
farmer-led business initiatives, Agriterra specifically supports business
development services in the pre-investment phase such as feasibility studies,
market surveys, business planning and capacity building components. In addition
Agriterra provides:
· Brokerage
services to link farmer-led business development initiatives with investors,
banks and other primary and supportive stakeholders in the value chain.
· Advisory services
often employing Agripool advisors: experts stemming from co-operative and
private agribusiness companies from the Netherlands and beyond with a specific
thematic or sector expertise.
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