Our work

Our work: Rice

Our purpose is to help African food processors grow. Here is a selection of our work: who supported it, what we did and what changed.

Workers sort freshly picked mangoes into crates under the orchard trees
Pictured: mangoes sorted into crates in the orchard
Type of work
Crop or value chain
Mango4Horticulture2Pineapple2Dairy1Fish1Fonio and grains1Rice1
Who it reached
Country
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Rice mills compete with imported rice, and many run on thin margins with uneven quality and little marketing. A mill run as a business holds its customers and keeps demand for local paddy. For the GIZ MOVE project we designed and delivered the Rice Miller Business Academy: four courses on marketing, milling operations, finance and services for farmers, followed by coaching on each mill's own priorities. So far 42 mills in Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire have taken part, supported by 28 local coaches we trained and backstopped. GIZ MOVE has adopted the academy-plus-coaching model for further rollout.

Women transplanting rice seedlings in a flooded field
Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire

Rice Miller Business Academy

42rice mills trained and coached in four countries

A four-course business academy and coaching for 42 rice mills in Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire.

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