About the Pitch
Submitted By: Hillsbazar
Name of the Solution: Hillsbazar
The Pitch in One Sentence:
Hillsbazar is a social enterprise promoting traditional hill tract products from the Chittagong Hill Tracts and we use offline and online platforms to promote indigenous products ranging from textiles, agriculture, and arts and crafts, to empower indigenous people, especially women, and increase livelihoods.
The Initiative in Video:
The Project on Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/hillsbazar/reviews/?ref=page_internal
The Project Website: https://www.hillsbazar.com/
Summary of the Pitch
Hillsbazar is a unique eCommerce platform for marginal indigenous farmers and entrepreneurs where we accumulate manufacture and promote their individual products with proper regulation of price and values in a unique manner with our adoptive business strategy to create a vast market of ethnic indigenous products. Hillsbazar is determined to bring a change in the traditional marketing model with our innovative ideas and motives to create and unique market of different enterprises and product especially by the root level of marginal indigenous farmers and entrepreneurs of backward region of Bangladesh.
What specific problem is this initiative trying to solve?
1. Farmers are not getting a fair price; 2. Lack of proper marketing and marketing information; 3. Absence of an organized platform for marketing Advertising, Manufacturing and tough access to resources. 4. Shortage of products; 5. Lack of quality of desired products; 6. Traditional production method; 7. Transportation and Transformation
Details of the Pitched solution
Hillsbazar is going to promote all ethnic and traditional products of Chittagong hill tracts. Hillsbazar promotes organic Agricultural products i.e. fresh products, restaurants, textiles, foods and paintings. We collect all the products directly from the marginal farmers. We promote and sell all these products on both of our platforms ONLINE or OFFLINE. We running our outlet in the capital city of Dhaka since 2019 and also actively promoting our products and service through social media marketing and our website. We are promoting and introducing diverse ethnic’s products to mainstream customers with high appreciation. We have a special focus on the quality of the products and eco-friendly motives with our business strategy. We are determined to bring a change in the traditional marketing system of CHT and create a sustainable value for the traditional JUM/Shifting cultivation farming. We are involved with young agricultural entrepreneurs and especially women to create more value for their creativity. 1. Uses Digital platform to increase product sales both online and offline through our Hillsbazar platform. 2. Doing B2B in Hillsbazar with various super shops and e-commerce companies. 3. To arrange for the processing of products produced through the use of modern agriculture technology.
Impact and Beneficiaries of the Pitched Solution
We buy products from indigenous farmers and entrepreneurs at fair prices and sell them in Dhaka through a B2B and B2C model. We started with a few farmers in 2019 and are now working with 40 farmers, about 40% of them are women and 9 are entrepreneurs. By eliminating middlemen, we ensure that farmers get a better price, a stable supply chain and a steady income thus helping sustain traditional organic farming practices.
What city, village and upazilas are this solution impacting?
Chittagong hill tracts
Which division will this solution be impacting?
- Chittagong
What kind of support do you need to take your idea forward?
CSR Funds
how much funds do you need to get started?
BDT 50,00,000 with condition
About Hillsbazar
Hillsbazar is a unique eCommerce platform for marginal indigenous farmers and entrepreneurs where we accumulate manufacture and promote their individual products with proper regulation of price and values in a unique manner with our adoptive business strategy to create a vast market of ethnic indigenous products. Hillsbazar is determined to bring a change in the traditional marketing model with our innovative ideas and motives to create and unique market of different enterprises and products,s especially by the root level of marginal indigenous farmers and entrepreneurs in the backward region of Bangladesh.
