WIN - WIN ?

What is the value line and why is everybody motivated to make it work?

 

TerraCottem NV :

  • Will do more profitable business.
  • They do not have to worry anymore about price erosion through humanitarian projects.
  • Big, natural market will be developed.
  • New market of horticulture could be opened.
  • RISK: market development not properly done, which will make it harder next time to step in again.

Distributor

  • Gets an interesting area for developing the market.
  • Can make a nice profit, if he achieves to develop this market. (Layer 2)
  • Can expand easily, huge NGO market is a prospect. (Layer 3 and 4)
  • RISK: if he doesn't succeed his loss will run into 1 to 2 million CFA ( 3000 EUR)

Retail distributor – Professional garderner

  • Takes with him another product on which he makes a margin.
  • Sell more work volume
  • Expands his normal market, because existing gardens add up into the existing market.
  • = horizontal and vertical diversification
  • RISK: none, if he does his job like it should be done.

High End Customer

Municipality

  • Lower water invoices
  • Are interested to keep more water for their growing cities
  • Will have a more livable city with more green for less money

Governement

  • Has a means to develop food production with lower dependency from the outside.
  • Has a means to fight against poverty and desertification.
  • Less risk of hunger when rainy season is too short.

NGO

•  Can reach their goals with market means, so less money to invest
•  Less risk on destroying their results by short rainy season.

Farmers - families

  • Less dependant on NGO's, can take the future in their own hands
  • Can develop their income.
  • Less vulnerable for short rainy seasons
  • Can lenghten the vegetable season, and get better prices in this way.
  • Can grow vegetables, also in difficult circumstances.