SAKPATA : analyse de la chaîne de valeur cajou du Togo

Start
September 2025
End
January 2026
Project cost
18900
Role in the project
Expertise (sous-traitance pour GFA)
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Countries

Côte d’Ivoire

Fields

Agriculture Agroprocessing

Sectors

Cashew

Partners

EU - European Union · GFA Consulting Group

Main goals

Support the European Union Delegation (EUD) in Lomé in preparing its 2026 Call for Proposals through an in-depth analysis of the cashew value chain. This analysis takes into account investment opportunities and constraints, production and processing dynamics, national priorities, as well as recent changes in the regulatory framework.

Aligned with the EU Cashew/Anacarde initiative, it aims to sustainably maximize local value added, engagement with the private sector, and direct trade links with the EU. It is expected to provide concrete elements to guide future European support to the cashew sector, notably to foster the development of a sustainable and competitive local agro-industry.

Specific objectives

SO1 — Stakeholder mapping
SO2 — Analysis of production systems and producers’ integration into the value chain
SO3 — Analysis of opportunities and constraints
SO4 — Regulatory framework analysis
SO5 — Forward-looking analysis of structuring and competitiveness
SO6 — Recommendations

Results

A report whose main recommendations are:
R1.
Strengthening the quality and predictability of the business climate
R2.
Increasing working capital financing

Activities

A1. Identification of key stakeholders (regulators, processors, producers, traders/exporters)
Identification of the main stakeholders, with a particular focus on processors (at different levels of development), producer organizations, and other key actors through interviews with key stakeholders and an analysis of value-chain structuring dynamics.
A2. In-depth analysis of the cashew value chain
The analysis will cover the following aspects:
  1. Relationships between producers and upstream/downstream operators to identify the nature and quality of services provided to producers, and the governance of the value chain to enable a high-performing and inclusive sector.
  2. Investment opportunities and constraints, linked to supply, infrastructure and equipment, human resources, financing, operational services, and market outlets.
  3. Sub-regional dynamics affecting the country and their implications for the sector.
  4. Recent changes in the regulatory framework (export restrictions, tax incentives, local processing requirements) and their effects on value-chain organization.
  5. Forward-looking elements on the medium-term impacts of these regulatory developments on the structuring, competitiveness, and governance of the sector.
A3. Practical recommendations to guide future EU support
Practical recommendations to guide future EU support to the sector, linked to the development of agro-industrial entrepreneurship, the promotion of local processing, direct trade links with the EU, and the strengthening of value-chain governance.
A4. Validation workshop
Participation in a validation workshop to present and validate the analysis results and recommendations.

Related people

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Agroeconomist & Task Officer / Agriculture & Market / France

Anne Meyer

Agroeconomist graduated from the Institut des Régions Chaudes (IRC) of the Institut Agro Montpellier and from EM LYON (MSc Management), she has been passionate about tropical agricultural value chains for more than twenty years. She has put her skills at the service of NGOs and cooperatives, but also of the FAO and the organic agri-food industry (Ecotone group). She joined the Nitidæ studies department in March 2024.

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