Farm Shop : lessons learned from scaling a social franchise

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dc.contributor.authorMcKague, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorHarji, Karim
dc.contributor.authorJiwa, Farouk
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-06T12:30:29Z
dc.date.available2018-07-06T12:30:29Z
dc.date.issued2018-06
dc.descriptionThis work was carried out with the aid of a grant from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and with financial support from the Government of Canada, provided through Global Affairs Canada (GAC)en
dc.description.abstractFarm Shop acts as a social franchise rather than a traditional development project. In addition to providing a social good to end users, social franchises support local business owner-entrepreneurs through support systems built into the business model (management training, financing, supply chains, etc.) The parent franchisor organization identifies an opportunity to address a social problem through developing a franchising business model and enrolls independent entrepreneurs to run business units. Farm Shop has become a network of 74 shops serving 30,000 smallholder farmers, where 50 percent are women. Accurate financial data and management training systems are essential to achieving scale.en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/57060
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectSCALING UPen
dc.subjectMICROENTERPRISESen
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDERSen
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITYen
dc.subjectKENYAen
dc.subjectSOUTH OF SAHARAen
dc.subjectMANAGEMENT TECHNIQUESen
dc.subjectDATA COLLECTIONen
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONen
dc.subjectLIVELIHOODSen
dc.titleFarm Shop : lessons learned from scaling a social franchiseen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
idrc.dspace.accessOpen Accessen
idrc.project.componentnumber108126001
idrc.project.number108126
idrc.project.titleFarm Shop: Scaling Access to Agricultural Inputs in Kenya (CIFSRF Phase 2)en
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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