SENACA - Definition of work plans with Producer Organizations that are AVSF partners on quality management and marketing of cashew nuts

Start
April 2008
End
May 2008
Project cost
4 200 €
Role in the project
Value Chain Expert
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Countries

Senegal

Fields

Agriculture Organic Agriculture Agroprocessing Market

Sectors

Cashew

Partners

AVSF

Main goals

Specify cashew nut intervention strategies with the project's FOs taking into account the following elements:

Specific objectives

  • The evaluation of the organizational capacities of the different FOs proposed to work with the project (internal functioning, social base, technical and financial capacities ...)
  • Evaluation of the conditions of production of cashew nuts at the level of the different POs identified (production, harvesting, sorting, storage ...) and the overall quality of the nuts
  • Evaluation with POs of current marketing channels and experiments being processed from nuts to kernels
  • Project support needs according to POs and proposed strategies (processing or marketing of raw nuts)
  • The conditions to be raised for a future positioning on the fairtrade market of cashew kernel (capacity building needs of POs, logistical issues related to export, barriers to be lifted for fairtrade certification ...)

Results

R1. 3-day training on Value Chain delivered to producers
R2. Training of the local team: field visits carried out with the agronomist of the team, debriefing following the training, information exchanges
R3. Report writing: diagnostic elements of the FOs targeted by the project and recommendations on the implementation of the project
R4. Outlook on the next phase of the project (transformation, export, positioning in targeted markets)

Activities

A1. Plantation tours: Kopara, Pakour, Wassadou
A2. Technical meetings with project leaders: sharing of information and knowledge
A3. 3 days training in Wassadou
A4. Visits to other operators in the sector (Processors, National and International Exporters, Transporters, Support structures)

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Co-Director

Cédric Rabany

Holder of a Master of Science, "Agricultural Engineer and territories development" from the Institut Supérieur d’Agriculture (ISARA Lyon), he brings his expertise in agro-food/agricultural sectors' analysis and development, strengthening of supplychain actors (producers, private/public actors, agro-food industries...), socio-economic analysis of agricultural chains and his great knowledge of companies in these markets

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