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| Agora |
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| Fresh produce supply chains, Bangladesh |
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| As it expands, retail outlet chain Agora aims to build the capacity of small and medium fresh produce suppliers and develop robust supply chains. |
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| ERAS Phosholer Pran |
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| Soil testing for farmers, Bangladesh |
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| This project aims to increase the incidence of soil testing at the village level through sales of soil testing kits to smallholders to increase their harvests and produce higher quality crops. |
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| Shiblee Hatchery & Farms |
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| Cage culture fish farming, Bangladesh |
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| Shiblee Hatchery & Farms Ltd aims to engage 100 landless families as fish farmers of cage-cultured tilapia, along the banks of the Adhamanki River. |
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| Pabna Meat |
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| Sustainable meat supply, Bangladesh |
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| This inclusive business venture aims to provide access to sustainable sanitation and waste management in urban slum settlements across India. |
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| AfriNut, Twin Trading |
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| Pro-poor nut processing, Malawi |
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| AfriNut is an inclusive pro-poor peanut processing business which aims to process Malawian groundnuts for sale on domestic and regional markets. |
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| MicroVentures |
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| Farmer market linkages, Malawi |
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| This project aims to develop market linkages between smallholder farmers and Malawian wholesalers, retailers and food processors. It will initially focus on 850 women. |
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| Universal Industries |
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| High quality cassava flour, Malawi |
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| This project aims develop a business model for the production of high quality cassava flour for use in Universal's own products and for sale as a starch substitute. |
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| Malawi Mangoes |
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| Farm planning, Malawi |
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| In this venture, Malawi Mangoes plans to implement the first large scale fruit processing plant in Malawi to convert magoes and bananas into fruit pulp for export. |
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| AACE Foods |
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| Agroprocessing for local food, Nigeria |
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| AACE processes, packages and distributes locally sourced food products such as jams, spreads and spices for commercial and retail customers in Nigeria. |
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| Tata Tannery |
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| Inclusive value chain, Zambia |
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| Tata processes rawhide sourced from small-scale cattle farmers for export. This venture aims to develop a sustainable supply strategy for leather production. |
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| Sylva Foods |
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| Indigenous foods, Zambia |
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| Sylva Foods aims to grow demand for traditional foods and beverages such as dried meat and cassava based on an inclusive local sourcing model. |
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| ACI |
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| Sustainable contract farming, Bangladesh |
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| Implementing a sustainable contract farming model that engages poor landless farmers as maize producers. |
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| Guinness Nigeria |
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| Building inclusive value chains, Nigeria |
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Developing a sustainable value chain through partnerships with millers and local producers of sorghum, cassava and maize.
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| Sun International |
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| Enhancing smallholder climate resilience, Zambia |
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| Sun International Hotels aims to develop climate-resilience amongst the 400 farmers engaged in its local fruit and vegetable sourcing programme. |
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| Cropserve Zambia Limited |
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| Agricultural inputs for small scale farmers, Zambia |
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| Cropserve’s inclusive business project aims to develop an effective and sustainable distribution model to supply the small scale farmer segment with affordable and high quality agro inputs. |
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| Dala Foods Nigeria Limited |
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| Soluble juice drinks, Nigeria |
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Dala Foods aims to market an instant, powdered version of a nutritious indigenous drink popular amongst low-income consumers in Nigeria.
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| SHORT PROJECTS |
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| Ignitia |
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| Mobile weather forecasting, Ghana |
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Ignitia seeks to provide subscription-based localised weather forecast services to 90,000 smallholders in Ghana.
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| Eco-MICAIA Limitada |
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| Baobab products, Mozambique |
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This business venture aims to establish a processing plant in the Manica Province of Mozambique and sell Baobab products nationally and internationally.
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| Cafédirect |
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| Online communications, Kenya |
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CPF is exploring different business models including one based on an exchange of micro-payments between low-income smallholder tea and coffee farmers.
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| IDE |
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| Farm business advisors, Mozambique |
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| IDE aim to extend their franchise model to support the production, wholesale, retail and distribution of quality services to smallholder farmers in Mozambique. |
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| Lotus Foods |
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| SRI rice cultivation, Bhutan, India & Indonesia |
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| Lotus Foods seeks to identify value chains to apply the System of Rice Intensification which can help farmers produce more crops with fewer chemicals and costs. |
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| IRDI |
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| Morigna processing, Zambia |
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| This project will market products derived from the Moringa crop on a commercially viable basis. Cooperatives will help farmers initiate production and diversify end products for sale to international markets. |
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| ACI Agribusiness |
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| Contract farming workshop, Bangladesh |
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| BIF facilitated a workshop bringing together 20 managers from different parts of the division to brainstorm an integrated approach to working with smallholder farmers... |
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| Malawi Mangoes |
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| Cost of living survey, Malawi |
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Malawi Mangoes is developing and inclusive fruit processing business. This project supported that venture through a cost of living survey in the Salima District.
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| Tree Crops Limited |
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| Business plan design |
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| TCL's project aims to develop a business plan for the construction of a new factory that will increase its capacity to process natural extracts for food and cosmetics... |
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| Macadamia industry plan |
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| Sector-wide strategy, Malawi |
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| This project supports two macadamia industry experts to develop an industry strategy for the Malawi macadamia sector which will then be disseminated... |
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| Malawi Mangoes |
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| Access to finance, Malawi |
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| This project aims to facilitate Malawi Mangoes' access to the funding it needs for activities by helping it identify potential investors and develop promotional materials... |
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| Nali chilli sauce |
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| Sales and marketing plan, Malawi |
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| Starting as a family business, Nali is now in the final stages of building a new factory that will allow them to increase production volumes and meet ISO and HACCP... |
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| Sunline |
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| Business plan review, Zambia |
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| Zambian company aiming to set up a peanut butter processing plant. This project will develop the venture's business plan and map its development impacts. |
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| Guinness Nigeria |
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| Designing an inclusive business strategy, Nigeria |
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This project aims to help Guinness identify key the elements of a stakeholder partnership strategy to increase the social impact of core business activities.
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| CHC Commodities |
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| Inclusive business strategy, Zambia |
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| This project will help CHC understand the size of the local and international markets for starch and glucose and the potential for growth over time... |
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| Climate-smart business |
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| Workshop, Zambia |
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| This project delivered a workshop for a group of local businesses, to help them understand the impacts of climate change. |
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| Better Cotton Initiative |
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| Designing farmer KPIs, India |
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| This project aims to create a list of key farm-level indicators to measure sustainability and livelihood improvements for smallholder cotton farmers. |
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| Moringa Miracles |
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| Business planning, Malawi |
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| Developing a business plan to use innovative farming and processing techniques to commercially farm moringa leaf powder and press moringa oil. |
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| Folawiyo Farms Ltd. |
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| Identifying partnerships, Nigeria |
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| This project aims to broker partnerships between Folawiyo Farm and experts in business and technical development to build the capacity of rural poultry farmers. |
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| ISCEA |
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| Agribusiness Supply Chain Conference, Bangladesh |
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| This conference focused on building and managing strong supply chains in the agribusiness sector and brought together a number of agribusinesses in the country. |
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| Pabna Meat |
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| This project will deliver a feasibility study examining the possibility of using the smallholder supply chain, working with local NGOs to improve livestock management and inputs, providing secure... |
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| World Food Programme. |
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| Biscuit sector mapping, Bangladesh |
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| WFP’s current programme in Bangladesh is designed to support the Government in improving the long-term food security and nutrition. |
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| Milk Mantra |
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| Bulk milk cooler scoping, India |
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| Milk Mantra aims to explore the idea of community-managed bulk milk coolers (BMCs). These would enable the farming community to gain access to government and private dairy support schemes. |
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| Nyama World |
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| Beef supply chain, Malawi |
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| This project will deliver a feasibility study examining the possibility of using the smallholder supply chain, working with local NGOs to improve livestock management and inputs, providing secure... |
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| Climate-smart business. |
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| Workshop, Malawi |
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| This project delivered a workshop for a group of local businesses, as well as a series of one-to-one consultations for Facility-supported companies, to help them understand the impacts of climate change. |
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| Charles Stewart |
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| Rocket Chickens, Malawi |
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| Charles Stewart is a Malawian chicken business that has recently been testing a “rocket furnace” heating system for their chicken brooders, a technology developed by Clioma Consulting. |
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| Rice Milling Company |
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| Feasibility study, Malawi |
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| A feasibility study is being conducted for Rice Milling Company, a Malawian agro-processing business, to assess the potential and modalities to buy their paddy directly from smallholder farmers. |
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| Beekeeping Extension Society. |
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| Business model development, Nigeria |
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| This venture aims to develop a sustainable business model for a programme originally set up as a non-profit to help rural beekeepers increase honey yields through training. |
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| Makamashi |
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| Converting farm waste to cooking briquettes, Nigeria |
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| This project aims to provide technical support to Mikamashi in its conversion of farm waste into cooking briquettes, as a more environmentally friendly fuel alternative to wood. |
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| Livestock Centre of Excellence |
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| Workshop, Zambia |
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| Delivering a business plan for a group of agribusinesses in the beef, dairy, poultry, pork and aquaculture sectors, for setting up a livestock centre of excellence that will train small-scale farmers. |
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| Sabeanat Nigeria Ltd |
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| Market research for Furikake supplement, Bangladesh |
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| Sabeanat aims to expand its distribution of milk and margarine products across Nigeria, by engaging low income people as micro-distributors. |
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| Abira Agribusiness |
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| Business plan review, Malawi |
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This project aims to provide consultancy support for Abira to develop a business framework through which it will carry out its support to agribusinesses.
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| Sun Hotels |
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| Local meat sourcing strategy, Zambia |
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| Sun International aim to source meat for their restaurants from local livestock farmers, engaging them in their value chain. |
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| Mistubishi Corporation |
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| Market research for Furikake, Bangladesh |
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In this project, the Facility will assist Mitsubishi with market research to test the likelihood of Furikake food supplement being accepted.
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