Salem Group's Small Farmer Support Program:
Salem Group's Small Farmer Support Program, is able to impact small farmers through five key paradigms:
1. Technology Transfer:
• Top-down approach of specific recommendations for cultivation and harvesting.
• Training for increased of yields and quality improvements to meet international/export specifications.
2. Advisory Work:
• Advising farmers on optimal fertilization programs for their specific fields
• Respond to farmers' inquiries with technical prescriptions for disease and pest treatment.
3. Human Resource Development:
• Providing hands-on training on modern agricultural best practices
• Introduction of new and more resistant seed varieties, for better yield and quality.
• Introduction of better management practices and field follow-up schemes.
4. Facilitation for Empowerment:
• Enable farmers to improve and expand their own operations
• Each farmer is able to act as an entrepreneur growing export crops
• Participatory technology development through attaining farmer feedback on improvements.
5. Micro-financing:
• Salem Group provides micro-financing in the form of supply seeds, fertilizers needed for production, or leasing of equipment while farmers pay for it after harvest.
Social Impact:
• Commitment to actively measuring, reporting and improving impact performance over time
• Measuring success in terms of outcomes for others as well as ourselves
• Sustainable employment and labour laws
• Fair trade
• Actively supporting our suppliers and growers in developing countries.
• We remain committed to supporting and developing programs that empower people in all the territories in which we operate
Environmental Impact:
• Considering environmental issues in all aspects of our business, including how we evaluate potential business partners.
• Using technology to improve efficiency and quality
• Targeting zero waste operations
• Sticking to and educating our farmers to comply with Good Agricultural Practices.
• Minimize paper consumption: our ERP system is designed to have end-to-end paperless capability.
Economic Impact:
• Socially Responsible
• Value added in Egypt to support the economy
• Good returns to our investors
• Selling value added products locally and globally
• Disruptive and scalable business models
• Financial and social returns, exit opportunities
• Transparent and effective management teams