2026
Market study · English
Exploring Market Segments for Fonio Cookies in Burkina Faso
Who would buy a fonio cookie? Research and a sprint led to one launch and one reformulation.
- Publisher
- FonioForce
- Summary
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2025
Resource · English
How to... promote business models for rural youth employment in the agri-food sector
A GIZ how-to paper on finding and promoting business models for young people in rural agri-food value chains. It sets out the five-step approach GIZ developed with Sense (named as Economic Sense) and case studies from Burkina Faso, Kenya, Malawi and Mozambique.
- Authors
- Daria Hasse (GIZ), Elena Gaffurini (Como Consult), Tessa Robinson (GIZ)
- Publisher
- GIZ
- Project
- Rural Youth Employment Accelerator
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2025
Resource · French
Comment promouvoir des modèles d'entreprise pour l'emploi des jeunes
French version of the GIZ how-to paper on business models for rural youth employment.
- Authors
- Daria Hasse (GIZ), Elena Gaffurini (Como Consult), Tessa Robinson (GIZ)
- Publisher
- GIZ
- Project
- Rural Youth Employment Accelerator
- Download (3.7 MB)
2025
Resource · English
The business of milk collection centres in Eritrea
A facilitator manual, used with in-person training, on running a milk collection centre as a cooperative business. It covers governance, milk quality and testing, record keeping, costs, cash flow and payment models.
- Authors
- Kireshni Naiker
- Publisher
- Economic Sense, with EU funding (CSARIDE)
- Project
- Linking dairy production to markets (CSARIDE)
- Download (4.7 MB)
2025
Market study · English
Sector study: fresh citrus
The market for fresh citrus: who buys, at what price and to what standard, and what African suppliers need to meet it.
- Publisher
- COLEAD
- Full study
- Read on the COLEAD website
2025
Market study · English
Sector study: citrus juice
The market for citrus juice: buyers, prices and standards, and what it would take for an African processor to supply it.
- Publisher
- COLEAD
- Full study
- Read on the COLEAD website
2025
Market study · English
Sector study: citrus oil and peel
The market for citrus oil and peel: buyers, prices and standards, and what it would take for an African processor to supply them.
- Publisher
- COLEAD
- Full study
- Read on the COLEAD website
2025
Market study · English
Exploring Consumer Attitudes to Food Safety in Malawi
Does food safety pay? What consumers, shops and restaurants told us.
- Publisher
- Ireland-Malawi Agri-Food Systems Programme (IMAGRI)
- Summary
- Read the summary
2024
White paper · English
Introducing innovative processing technology in the Burkina DryMore project
What the project learned from bringing new cleaning and washing equipment for ginger, fonio and hibiscus into Burkina Faso factories. Covers importing equipment, training operators and next steps for companies and funders.
- Publisher
- Sense (Burkina DryMore project)
- Project
- Burkina DryMore: processing beyond the mango season
- Download (4.5 MB)
2024
White paper · French
BDM - Introduire une technologie de transformation innovante
French version of the DryMore white paper on introducing new processing technology for ginger, fonio and hibiscus.
- Publisher
- Sense (Burkina DryMore project)
- Project
- Burkina DryMore: processing beyond the mango season
- Download (3.9 MB)
2024
Market study · English
Sector study: processed avocado
Avocado oil, frozen avocado (IQF) and avocado pulp: who buys each, in what form, at what price and to what standard, and what it takes for an African processor to supply it.
- Publisher
- COLEAD
- Full study
- Read on the COLEAD website
2024
Market study · English, French
Sector study: processed mango
Fresh cut, dried and other processed mango products: who buys each, at what price and to what standard, and what it takes for an African processor to supply them.
- Publisher
- COLEAD
- Full study
- Read on the COLEAD website
2022
Market study · English
Market profile: sweet potato flour and starch, puree and gari from Ghana
Sweet potato flour and starch, puree and gari from Ghana, for local, regional and European markets.
- Publisher
- COLEAD
- Full study
- Read on the COLEAD website
2020
Market study · English
Identifying Opportunities for Cashew Apple Juice in Ghana
Would people in Ghana drink juice made from cashew apples? What tasting panels and pilots showed.
- Publisher
- ComCashew (GIZ)
- Summary
- Read the summary
Resource
SIAL recipe book
Recipe book linked to the DryMore products, prepared for the SIAL food trade fair. The file is image-only and 143 MB, so it needs compressing before it goes online.
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