- Employs a science-based, market first development model to assist African farmers and rural enterprise associations to enhance regional economic growth along 5 service components
- Conducting applied research and transfer appropriate production and post harvest technology to producers, processors and exporters – Building the technical and business capacities of FBO’s and trade organisations to enhance productivity, increase profit margins and respond efficiently to market requirements – Develope appropriate, efficient and effective quality assurance and quality control systems to enable producers meet market requirements
- Conduct market assessments, providing market inte;;igence information and establishing market linkages amonge value chains – Supporting policy dialogue and formulation
Agric Support Services
- Facilitate enabling platform for producers to interact with agric supply companies
- Transport services
- Financial institutions
Capacity Building
Build capacity of FBO’s and TA’s to fully participate in the value chain eg. GAP, production scheduling, understanding market requirements and competitive role as a supplier, science-based enterprise development, QA /QC
Market first, science based enterprise development approach
- Strategic iniversity partnerships were created
- Networking platforms were created to bring businesses together
- Private sector relationship
- Public – private partnership
- Value chain approach
Market / Producer
- Networking platforms were created to bring businesses together
- Participatory approach communities and producers
- Focus on gender equity
Analysis
Value, supply chain and economic analysis is conducted to establish the profitability oftransaction to farming and other chains
Interventions
Based on gaps identified, appropriate intervention measures are developed
Partnership
Other service providers are invited to participate in the process eg. research institutions, government, FBO’s, development organisations, processors, exporters etc.
Technology
Introduce appropriate technology to enhance productivity eg. seedling production in greenhouse etc
Brokerage
Expose buyers to supply sources and act as honest broker between producers and buyer