Part two of a series of three presentations demonstrating the best thing about GSR projects is that they not only work on a small budget – they actually make a large profit while they help rural economies to grow.

1. Practical Triple Bottom Line Development
Part 2

2. GSR’s key to local success
Is local partnership
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3. Local partners are invested heart and soul
We conduct all
assessments and
establish goals with our
local partners, and
progressively hand over
complete management
control
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4. Full employment
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
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5. Building equity
GSR brings financial equity. Our
partners provide the sweat equity
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6. Recycling profits
GSR invests profits from local
operations in developing local
business to fulfill local needs
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7. 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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8. Empowering local entrepreneurs
Professionals learns
to manage,
becomes business
owner
Unskilled workers
becomes skilled
professionals
Unskilled workers increase
productivity thru OTJ training
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9. The appropriate technology advantage -
Affordable CAPEX plus maximum employment
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10. 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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