Rural Champions

Mrs. Rosamund is an outstanding entrepreneur who has specialized in the production of coconut oil and other products such as chili sauce and casreeep. Her products have been widely accepted in the market and she sells to supermarkets and stores in the city of Georgetown.

It currently employs 3 women in its processing room handling a monthly production of 80 gallons of coconut oil.

• Management and strategic planning of a small family small family business.
• Production of coconut-based by-products.
• Associativity and women's leadership.

• Management of administrative records of a small family business.
• Product development: testing, bottling, labeling.
• Product marketing through social networks.
• President of the Women's Agroprocessing Network WADNET.
• Obtaining the "Made in Guyana" seal.

• Development of quality by-products based on local raw materials such as coconut.
• Use of solar dryer.
• Participation in the WADNET Women's Agroprocessing Network.
• Compliance with sanitary and institutional requirements for product marketing.

• Product development (2012, GNBS).
• Business management and administrative records (2014, IICA).
• Associativity and entrepreneurship (WADNET).