- Annex 2: Checklist For Discussion With Processors, Off-Takers, Agro-Input Dealers And Fabricators - Annex 3: Checklist For Discussion With Leadership

ANNEX 2: CHECKLIST FOR DISCUSSION WITH PROCESSORS, OFFTAKERS, AGRO-INPUT DEALERS AND FABRICATORS

PROCESSING NEEDS OF THE PROCESSORS: 1. Name of Processor 2. Name of the company/group 3. Office address, emails and phone numbers 4. Commodity of business 5. Installed Capacity 6. Current capacity utilization 7. Financial strength 8. Access to credit 9. Access to insurance 10. No. of Employees 11. Sources of produce for processing 12. How many months in a year operational 13. How do you dispose what you process 14. Apart from yourself, whom do you process for? 15. What type of relationship do you have with the farmer? 16. What challenges do you have in recovering advances made to farmers if any? How do you resolve this problem? 17. How do you source your raw materials? 18. How is the price for the raw material determined? 19. How is the processing fee determined? 20. How is the price of the processed commodity determined 21. What are the Challenges with obtaining raw materials for processing? 22. What are your major processing needs? 23. What are your suggestions for meeting the above needs

MARKETING NEEDS OF OFF-TAKERS 1. Name of Off-taker 2. Name of the company 3. Office address, e-mails and phone numbers 4. Commodity of business 5. Installed Capacity 6. Current capacity utilization 7. Volume of off-take from farmers 8. Financial strength 9. Access to credit 10. Access to insurance 11. No. of employees 12. What type of relationship do you have with the farmer?

13. Do you have challenges in recovering advances made to farmers? How do you resolve this problem? 14. Sources of produce for processing 15. How many months in a year do you operate? 16. Do you process what you off-take or you sell to others? 17. What arrangement do you have with farmers regarding -pricing? -grading? -quantity? -Variety? 18. What are the Challenges you face as an off-taker? 19. What are your major needs? 20. What are your suggestions for meeting the above needs

AGRO-INPUT DEALERS NEEDS 1. Name of agro-input dealer 2. Name of the company 3. Major inputs company deals on -Seeds/cuttings -fertilizers -Herbicides -Pesticides -Equipment 4. Sources of Seeds and other inputs 5. Does the company offer advisory service to clients 6. What are the major Challenges? 7. What are your major needs? 8. What are your suggestions for meeting the above needs

AGRO-EQUIPMENT FABRICATORS' NEEDS 1. Name of fabricator 2. Name of the company 3. What type of equipment and tools do you fabricate 4. Capacity of the company 5. Number of workforce 6. Does the company offer advisory service to clients 7. What are the challenges you face? 8. What are your major needs? 9. What are your suggestions for meeting the above needs