Africa
World Bank – Diversification for dried mango export plants
The Challenge: diversification for dried mango export plants The Sense consultants have been very active in the development of the mango processing sectors in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Ivory Coast since 2009. It started with a study commissioned by the World Bank to understand why exports had collapsed from 400 tons to 150 tons of…
Read MoreIFC – Evaluation of local dairy development in Nigeria
Nigeria is a large importer of dairy products, in particular milk powder. It is a well-known reality that it is almost impossible to compete on price in Africa with milk powder imported from countries that have climates favourable to dairy, such as most of North Western Europe. The Central Bank of Nigeria is now making…
Read MoreDeSIRA CSARIDE – Eritrean Dairy Project
Climate Smart Agriculture Research and Innovation Support for Dairy Value Chains in Eritrea – CSARIDE Introduction The once thriving Eritrean Dairy sector has been in decline since 2000 due to ongoing regional conflict, economic isolation and desertification related to climate change. Milk volumes have dropped by 80% since 2000 with a severe impact on farmers,…
Read MoreThe Peanut Industry – Africa
The problem: Peanuts in Africa, a sector in decline Small scale farmers across Africa have farmed peanuts as a staple and cash crop for decades. Because of their good flavor African peanuts made up a significant part of world peanut trade until the 1970s. However, because of growing concerns over aflatoxin (which is believed to…
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