Upscaling packaged tea export sales Tinjure Tea Farmers Cooperative Society Ltd. is a tea farmers primary cooperative (PC) with 245 members (33% women) located in Tinjure village  Ilam district. The organization is specialized in the collection  processing  and marketing of the fresh tea produced by their small-scale member farmers. Tinjure was founded in 1994 and is the oldest tea cooperative in the country. It has a small processing factory with a maximum capacity of 800 kg per day. In September 2016 Tinjure and the Dutch tea buyer Maas International expressed their interest to start an export program where Tinjure under the support of Agriterra and CTCF would export packaged 2-gram tea bags to the Netherlands. In 2016 and 2017 major progress was booked in realizing the ambition  such as Rainforest certification  construction of tea packaging room  import of all machinery and packaging materials  packaging staff (all women) trained  test packaging and shipment of 138 kg tea  and further professionalization of the organization in terms of financial management and business planning. Early 2018 the product was officially launched and be for sale in the Netherlands. In 2019 the total of 75 kgs of tea was procured by MAAS it is expected that there will be formal contract established between four parties (MAAS  Tinjure  Agriterra and CTCF) while will contribute in exporting more from Tinjure. Therefore  the 2020 Action Plan will further focus on facilitating this growth in terms of organizational capacity  local market promotion  financial management and export handling. In 2019 Tinjure was able to generate profit of three hundred thousand eight hundred and fifty eight which is a big step for Tinjure to come to profit from loss in the previous years. The goals for 2020 is to capacitate. Tinjure to make profit of at least 1 million. Therefore  the total capacity of the factory need to be utilized to a larger extend (from current average of 107 kg per day to a minimum of 200 kg per day) and that requires the buying of more fresh tea leaves from the members. In the financial year 2017-2018 the total fresh tea leave intake was 41.785 kg and this is expected to rise to 48.000 kg in 2020. The goals of this project are as belowExport of 720 kgs. of packaged tea to the NetherlandsIncrease in profit of cooperative by 1 million Maximize the average production of product from its current average of 107 kgs to 200 kgs. Increase in leave intake from its current intake of 41.758 kg to 48.000 kgSales of at least 80% made tea The projects contract period will be from January 1 2018 to 31 December 2020. The activities in the project will contribute on increasing tea export. Firstly  the financial budget will be prepared for 2018 to know the tentative expenditure in the yearly activities. There will be continuous support in paying salary to account and field supervisor which will contribute on making financial data and services to the members up to date. Moreover the activities will focus on RFA standardization training and finding local resources for packaging of tea.The project will be extended for 31 December 2019. The activity of 2019 will contribute on increasing export sales and increase in production. The activity for 2019 will first focus on financial planning and reporting to project monthly income and expenditure. Extension service  RFA record keeping training  developing collection center manual will contribute on increasing production. Identifying local vendor for tea bag packaging  Arranging own export license and quarterly review to MASS international will contribute on increasing export sales.   The project has been extended till December 2020. The activities in 2020 will contribute on increasing export sales. The activities in 2020 is defined on the theme of organizational development and quality improvement. The cooperative will focus on backward and forward linkages in the value chain. The RFA certification of the cooperative will be renewed and financial management of the cooperative will be improved with the support of auditor.