CFC/FSCFT/28: Enhancing Market Access of Amazonian Aquaculture and Fisheries Products Submitting ICB Project Executing Agency Countries Directly Benefiting Project Cost Common Fund for Commodities Counterpart Contribution
FAO Sub Committee on Fish Trade Centre for Marketing Information and Advisory Services for Fishery Products in Latin America and the Caribbean (INFOPESCA) Brazil, Peru and Colombia USD 3,060,705 USD 1,643,055 (Grant) USD 1,417,650
The project introduces quality Amazonian fish products to the regional markets in order to encourage the development of a large scale sustainable aquaculture in the Amazon region. The main purpose of the project is to achieve the sale of a
regular flow of Amazonian fish products outside the Amazon basin, on the regional South American market, with a quality standard considered acceptable by the sanitary authorities, meeting the demands of quality and regularity of the buyers and
being economically rewarding. After three years of operation, all the set objectives have been met. The final dissemination workshop was held in November 2012, and project outcomes have been widely disseminated.
Grains/ Roots and Tubers CFC/FIGG/37: Cassava Value Chain Development by Supporting Processing and Value Addition by Small and Medium Enterprises in West Africa
Submitting ICB Project Executing Agency Countries Directly Benefiting Project Cost Common Fund for Commodities Counterpart Contribution Dutch Trust Fund
The project developed new market opportunities and supply lines for cassava farmers and small and medium scale processors in West Africa by upgrading traditional cassava products for consumption as a convenience food in urban markets, and the development of industrial marketing channels for processed cassava products as a low cost substitute for bakery flour (instead of wheat). In both market segments, good regional examples of successful supply chains that apply efficient technologies and management structures for improved small and mediumscale processing plants are currently almost non-existent. The project was based on the premise that the identified strong open or latent market demand is the best incentive for farmers to adopt productivity-enhancing and resource-conserving technologies. To retain a maximum proportion of the extra value accumulated from processing, the project introduced processing methods adapted to small groups of women or farmers, or small rural entrepreneurs.
FAO - Intergovernmental Group on Grains International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Benin, Nicaragua and Sierra Leone USD 2,091,556 USD 800,000 (Grant) USD 491,556 USD 800,000 The project has achieved all goals and objectives in a very satisfactory manner. During project implementation thirteen cassava processing centers were upgraded, commissioned and made operational. Processors, other key stakeholders, and some NGO partners at the centers were trained at different capacities on value chain; equipment operation and maintenance, good processing practices, product development, record keeping, and business plans implementation. The established processing centers recorded production and sales of 4800 tons of processed cassava products such as gari, odorless fufu and High Quality Cassava Flour under guidance of developed business plans that ensured profitable work processes. This is an increase of more than 400% compared to sales volumes recorded before the project. The project introduced modern processing techniques to all the sites, which has led to the drastic reduction in cost of production and processing drudgery (with traditional technology, it takes about two hours to roast about 40 kg of gari - with
innovative technology introduced, the same amount is now produced within an average of 30 minutes). The technology introduced by CFC in the production of odorless fufu flour and HQCF has made those products to be a quality benchmark within the region with a noticeable consumer preference. Two products from the Nigerian SME (instant fufu flour and gari) were formally registered with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC); thus, improving the products’ commercial competitiveness and marketability. In connection with project training on agronomic practices for cassava production, there was an overall recorded increase of yields for participating farmers from an average below 10 tons/ha to 13-18 t/ha in Nigeria, 20-25 t/ha in Sierra Leone, and 15-20 t/ha in Benin. Overall a total of some 2000 farmers, processors and traders have directly benefitted from the project through various training measures, dissemination of improved panting material and sales increases of processed cassava.
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