gsr rural development planning (part 2)

Practical Triple Bottom Line Development

Part 2

GSR’s key to local success

Is local partnership

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Local partners are invested heart and soul

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We conduct all assessments and

establish goals with our local partners, and

progressively hand over complete management

control

Full employment

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GSR’s local partners always stress hiring as many people from the

local community as possible. Full

employment builds local pride and local

buy-in

Building equity

GSR brings financial equity. Our partners provide the sweat equity

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Recycling profits

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GSR invests profits from local operations in developing local business to fulfill local needs

FOCUSING ON MEETING LOCAL NEEDS

GSR’s local partners insisted on building corn mills, even though the global price is low. Still local farmers are planting tens of thousands of acres of corn

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Professionals learns to manage,

becomes business owner

Unskilled workers becomes skilled

professionals

Unskilled workers increase productivity thru OTJ training

Empowering local entrepreneurs

Our system transforms unskilled workers into

successful entrepreneurs

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The appropriate technology advantage -Affordable CAPEX plus maximum employment

The Results

GSR helps our local partners build their agricultural capacity sustainably. This improves small farmer income and puts nutritious food on the table

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