The marketing outlet for member artisans from craft co-operatives is promoted by SEWA(Self Employment Women's Association). It provides regular employment and helps to preserve traditional skills through cooperative efforts for self-reliance eliminating the middleman.
Marketing as a concept is applicable not only to products, but also to services, organisation and ideas. To be commercially viable the cooperatives have to compete with markets trends. This is true of artisans as much as vendors, agricultural producers and those who sell their own labour. The federation assist the artisans in marketing, helps them in conservation ad development of their products. Similarly the federation facilitates vendors and farmers to buy and sell at the Agriculture Producers Marketing Committee eliminating the middle agencies. |